{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/section-148",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025/section-148.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2025/36",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-2025",
  "path": "section/148",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "148",
  "heading": "Abolition of existing enforcement authorities",
  "text": "(1) The following are abolished—\n(a) the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority;\n(b) the Director of Labour Market Enforcement.\n(2) Accordingly—\n(a) in the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004, omit section 1 (the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority);\n(b) in Part 1 of the Immigration Act 2016 (labour market and illegal working), omit section 1 (Director of Labour Market Enforcement).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 148 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 159(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 148 in force at 7.4.2026 by S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(48)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/36/section/148",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:33:14.747207+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."
}