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The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2003

S.I. 2003/3357 · Made 22 December 2003

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Made 22nd December 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on her by section 45 of the Employment Relations Act 1999f1, hereby makes the following Order:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1999 c. 26.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Citation and interpretation
  3. 3Commencement
  4. 4Commencement
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 9) Order 2003.

2Citation and interpretation

In this Order, “the Act” means the Employment Relations Act 1999.

3Commencement

Paragraph 3, sub-paragraphs (1) to (5) of paragraph 4 and paragraph 5 (to the extent that it is not already in force) of Schedule 7 to the Act shall come into force on 6th April 2004.

4Commencement

Paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to the Act shall come into force on 6th July 2004.

Signature

Gerry Sutcliffe,

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers,

Department of Trade and Industry

22nd December 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 6th April 2004 paragraphs 3, 4 (partially), and 5 (to the extent that it is not already in force) of Schedule 7 to the Employment Relations Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”). These paragraphs make amendments to section 6 (charges) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (C. 35) (“the 1973 Act”) and section 9 (inspection) of that Act; and insert a new section 11B (offences: cost of investigation) into the 1973 Act. The Order brings into force on 6th July 2004 paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to the 1999 Act which amends section 13(2) (definition of employment agency) of the 1973 Act.