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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-continuity-of-employment-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3147",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-protection-continuity-of-employment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "These Regulations apply to any action taken in relation to the dismissal of an employee which consists of—\n(a) his making a claim in accordance with a dismissal procedures agreement designated by an order under section 110 of the Employment Rights Act 1996,\n(b) the presentation by him of a relevant complaint of dismissal,\n(c) any action taken by a conciliation officer under section 18 of the Industrial Tribunals Act 1996, or\n(d) the making of a relevant compromise contract.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 17."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/752",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1031",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2014/386",
      "affecting_title": "The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Employment) Order 2014"
    },
    {
      "type": "rev in pt & am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1188",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) (Amendment) Regulations 2001"
    },
    {
      "type": "word omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2004/752",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/1031",
      "affecting_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2013/1956",
      "affecting_title": "The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) (Employment) Order 2013"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3147/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:29:36.657741+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."
}