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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2004/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2004/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2857",
  "legislation_title": "The Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004-commencement-no-1-order-2004",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2004 Act are in force—\n(a) section 1 (establishing the Authority);\n(b) section 2 (directions given to the Authority by the Secretary of State);\n(c) section 3 (work to which the 2004 Act applies);\n(d) section 4 (defining what is meant by “acting as a gangmaster”);\n(e) section 5 (defining the territorial scope of application of the 2004 Act);\n(f) section 6(2) (power to make regulations specifying when a licence is not required);\n(g) section 10 (power to make regulations establishing an appeals process);\n(h) section 25 (general provisions regarding regulations, rules and orders);\n(i) section 26 (meaning of “worker”);\n(j) section 28 (application of the 2004 Act to Northern Ireland) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 1 to 8, 11, 19 and 21 of Schedule 2;\n(k) section 30 (short title and extent);\n(l) Schedule 1 (consequential amendments); and\n(m) paragraphs 1 to 8, 11, 19 and 21 of Schedule 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2857/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:16:08.151996+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."
}