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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978/schedule-12/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978/schedule-12/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1978/44",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978",
  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The provisions of paragraph 19 or (as the case may be) paragraph 20 shall have effect where the employee has given to the deceased employer notice of intention to claim, and—\n(a) the deceased employer has died before the end of the next four weeks after the service of that notice, and\n(b) the employee has not terminated the contract of employment by notice expiring before the death of the deceased employer.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1978/44/schedule/12/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:21:43.542381+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."
}