{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-7A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this paragraph an “existing employee” means an employee whose employment with his employer began on or after 30th November 1993 and before 6th April 2020.\n(2) Subject to paragraph 7B, sections 1 to 7 of this Act apply to an existing employee without the amendments made by regulations 2 to 6 of the Employment Rights (Employment Particulars and Paid Annual Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2018.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 paras. 7A, 7B inserted (6.4.2020) by The Employment Rights (Employment Particulars and Paid Annual Leave) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1378), regs. 1, 9(3)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:50.937818+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."
}