{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002/section-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002/section-36.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/22",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002",
  "path": "section/36",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Removal of exemption for small employers",
  "text": "In section 3 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) (note about disciplinary rules and procedures), subsections (3) and (4) (exemptions for undertakings with less than 20 employees) shall cease to have effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 36 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/1717, art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/22/section/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:28.817105+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}