{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-rules-2006/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-rules-2006/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/660",
  "legislation_title": "The Gangmasters (Licensing Conditions) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-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) Rules 2006, and come into force on 6th April 2006.\n(2) In these Rules—\n“the 2004 Act” means the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004;\n“applicant” means the person or business which applies for a licence;\n“the Authority” means the Gangmasters Licensing Authority;\n“business” includes a sole trader, company, unincorporated association and partnership;\n“labour user” means a person to whom a licence holder supplies workers or services;\n“licence holder” means the person or business granted a licence;\n“principal authority” is defined in rule 2;\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/2006/660/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:34:41.013702+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."
}