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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-1999/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2509",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999",
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  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "(1) The following sections of the Act shall come into force on 9th September 1999:\n(a) section 38 (transfer of undertakings); and\n(b) section 42 (orders and regulations).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  },
  "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."
}