{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-northern-ireland-act-1976-repealed-131999/section-32A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-northern-ireland-act-1976-repealed-131999/section-32A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1976/25",
  "legislation_title": "Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1976 (repealed 1.3.1999)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fair-employment-northern-ireland-act-1976-repealed-131999",
  "path": "section/32A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32A",
  "heading": "Restrictions on contracting out.",
  "text": "(1) Except as provided by subsection (2), any provision in an agreement (whether a contract of employment or not) shall be void in so far as it purports—\n(a) to exclude or limit the operation of any provision of this Part; or\n(b) to preclude any person from presenting a complaint to the Tribunal under section 24.\n(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any agreement to refrain from instituting or continuing any proceedings before the Tribunal where the Labour Relations Agency has taken action in accordance with section 25(1) or (2).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 32A inserted (1.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5), art. 106(1); S.R. 1992/212, art.2(4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 32A extended (1.7.1992) by S.I. 1992/807 (N.I. 5), art. 106(2); S.R. 1992/212, art.2(4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/25/section/32A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:30:17.002092+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."
}