{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-1999/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-1999/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2830",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-1999",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 1999.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Employment Relations Act 1999;\n“the 1992 Act” means the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992;\n“the 1996 Act” means the Employment Rights Act 1996;\n“ACAS” means the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 18."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2830/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:43:42.686351+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."
}