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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-8-order-2001/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1187",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-1999-commencement-no-8-order-2001",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 18th April 2001 section 41 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Employment Relations Act 1999. Section 41 introduces Schedule 8, which substitutes a new section 193 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (national security) and a new section 10 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, which contains powers to make provision in the employment tribunal procedure regulations to deal with cases concerning national security. Schedule 8 also introduces a new section 10A (power to make provision in the employment tribunal procedure regulations in respect of confidential information) and a new section 10B (restriction of publicity in cases involving national security) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.\nSchedule 8 also makes corresponding changes to section 30 of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 in relation to the Employment Appeal Tribunal rules on national security, and repeals paragraph 4(1)(b) of Schedule 3 to the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Minister’s certificate as to national security).",
  "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."
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