{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/22",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 3",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“employer” and “employee” have the same meanings as in the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18);\n“worker” has the same meaning as in the Employment Rights Act 1996.\n...",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 40 inserted (6.4.2020) by The Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/731), regs. 1(2), 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 40 repealed (6.4.2009) by Employment Act 2008 (c. 24), s. 22(1)(a), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2008/3232, art. 2 (with art. 3 Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 40 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/40",
    "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."
}