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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-relations-act-2004-commencement-no2-and-transitional-provisions-order-2004/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3342",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Relations Act 2004 (Commencement No.2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2004",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "31st December 2004 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—\n(a) sections 15, 18, 33, 34, 36, 39 and 54;\n(b) in Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments), paragraphs 26, 27 and 42(3); and\n(c) in Schedule 2 (repeals), the entries relating to sections 67 and 176 of the 1992 Act and the entry relating to section 23(5) of the Employment Relations Act 1999 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 26."
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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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