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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1989-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-1990/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/189",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Act 1989 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-1989-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-1990",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) Except for the provisions mentioned in paragraph (2) below, the 1989 Act shall, so far as not already in force, come into force on 26th February 1990.\n(2) The provisions which are not brought into force by this Order are—\n(a) section 10(1)(b) and Part II of Schedule 3 so far as they repeal section 119A of the Factories Act 1961;\n(b) paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 and section 29(3) so far as relating thereto; and\n(c) the following repeals in Part III of Schedule 7 and section 29(4) so far as relating thereto:—\nChapter\nShort title\nExtent of repeal\n1961 c. 34\nThe Factories Act 1961.\nSection 119A.\n1972 c. 28.\nThe Employment Medical Advisory Service Act 1972.\nSection 5(1). Section 8(1) so far as relating to section 119A of the Factories Act 1961.\n1973 c. 50.\nThe Employment and Training Act 1973.\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 30(2) and (3) of the Employment Act 1989 (c. 38)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1961 c. 34."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}