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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-act-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-act-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/17",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Tribunals Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-tribunals-act-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to consolidate enactments relating to employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal.\n[22nd May 1996]\nBe it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "The Industrial Tribunals Act 1996 may be cited as the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (1.8.1998) by virtue of 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in long title substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(b) (with s. 16(2); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act excluded (2.3.1998) by S.I. 1998/218, art. 6Act excluded (1.9.1999) by S.I. 1999/2256, art. 6(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act excluded (E.) (1.9.2003) by The Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) (England) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1964), art. 6(1)Act excluded (W.) (12.5.2006) by The Education (Modification of Enactments Relating to Employment) (Wales) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/1073), art. 6(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/875), regs. 1(2), 16, Sch. 2 (which amending S.I. was revoked (27.8.2010) by S.I. 2010/1906, reg. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Act applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), reg. 16(2)(c), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Act modified (30.7.2020) by The Posted Workers (Agency Workers) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/384), regs. 1(1), 4 (with reg. 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/17/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:15.822367+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."
}