{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/11",
  "legislation_title": "Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Prohibition of unlicensed activities",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not act as a gangmaster except under the authority of a licence.\n(2) Regulations made by the Secretary of State may specify circumstances in which a licence is not required.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 6(1) in force at 1.10.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/2406, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 6(1) in force at 6.4.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2007/695, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 6(2) in force at 1.12.2004 by S.I. 2004/2857, art. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/11/section/6",
    "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."
}