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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/3",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Rights Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2026",
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  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the Certification Officer” has the same meaning as in the 1992 Act (see section 254 of that Act);\n“the commencement date” means 18th February 2026;\n“employers’ association” has the same meaning as in the 1992 Act (see section 122 of that Act);\n“trade union” has the same meaning as in the 1992 Act (see section 1 of that Act).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at made date"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/3/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:07:46.846348+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."
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