{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004/section-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004/section-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/11",
  "legislation_title": "Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004",
  "path": "section/26",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Meaning of “worker”",
  "text": "(1) In this Act “worker” means an individual who does work to which this Act applies.\n(2) A person is not prevented from being a worker for the purposes of this Act by reason of the fact that he has no right to be, or to work, in the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 26 in force at 1.12.2004 by S.I. 2004/2857, art. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/11/section/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:18.496826+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."
}