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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-order-2000/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2242",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-provisions-order-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 4th September 2000 sections 10, 11, 12, 14 and 15 and subsections (4) to (6) of section 13 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 which provide a right to be accompanied in disciplinary and grievance hearings. Article 3 of the Order contains a transitional provision.\nThe Order also brings into force on 18th September section 4 and Schedule 3 to the Employment Relations Act 1999. These provisions amend Part V of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 which requires trade unions to hold a ballot before organising industrial action. Article 4 of the Order contains transitional provisions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2242/note",
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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."
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