{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-dispute-resolution-act-1998/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-dispute-resolution-act-1998/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/8",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-dispute-resolution-act-1998",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Advice of non-lawyer.",
  "text": "(1) In each of the provisions specified in subsection (2) (which provide that, for a compromise agreement to be valid, independent legal advice must have been received from a qualified lawyer), for “independent legal advice from a qualified lawyer” substitute “ advice from a relevant independent adviser ”.\n(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(c) section 288(2B)(c) of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992,\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(e) section 203(3)(c) of the Employment Rights Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9(2)(a)(b) repealed (1.10.2010) by 2010 c. 15, Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as substituted by The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279), art. 1(2), Sch. 2) (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 9(2)(d) repealed (1.10.2010) by 2010 c. 15, Sch. 27 Pt. 1 (as substituted by The Equality Act 2010 (Consequential Amendments, Saving and Supplementary Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2279), art. 1(2), Sch. 2) (see S.I. 2010/2317, art. 2)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/8/section/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:13.421165+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."
}