{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-no2-rules-2006/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-no2-rules-2006/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2373",
  "legislation_title": "The Gangmasters (Licensing Conditions) (No.2) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-no2-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Rules may be cited as the Gangmasters (Licensing Conditions) (No.2) Rules 2006 and come into force on 1st October 2006.\n(2) In these Rules—\n“the 2004 Act” means the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004;\n“applicant” means the business which applies for a licence;\n“the Authority” means the Gangmasters Licensing Authority;\n“business” includes a sole trader (including a person who is self-employed), a company, an unincorporated association and a partnership;\n“labour user” means a person to whom workers or services are supplied;\n“licence holder” means the business granted a licence;\n“principal authority” means the individual responsible for the day-to-day management of a business;\n“working day” means a day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, Christmas Day or Good Friday, or a date which is a bank holiday under or by virtue of the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c.80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2373/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:22:26.105788+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."
}