{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975-commencement-no-2-order-1976/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975-commencement-no-2-order-1976/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1976/144",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Protection Act 1975 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975-commencement-no-2-order-1976",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into operation on 8th March, 1976 the provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 specified in Schedule 1. These provisions relate to the procedure for handling redundancies.\nThe Order also brings into operation on 20th April, 1976 the provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 specified in Schedule 2. These provisions relate to the rights of employees on the insolvency of their employer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/144/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:44:33.849667+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."
}