{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975/section-40",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975/section-40.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/71",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Protection Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-act-1975",
  "path": "section/40",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n5)(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 40(1)(5)(6) repealed by Employment Act 1990 (c. 38, SIF 43:5), s. 16(2), Sch. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 40(2)(4) repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 86(2), Sch. 11 (with saving in S.I. 1987/406, reg. 2(3)(b))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S.40 (3) repealed by Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977 (c. 5), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/71/section/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:35:56.908860+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."
}