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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2574",
  "legislation_title": "The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST NOVEMBER 1998",
  "text": "Provision\nSubject Matter of Provision\nSection 5\nThe first regulations: referral to the Low Pay Commission\nSection 6\nReferral of matters to the Low Pay Commission at any time\nSection 7\nReferrals to, and reports of, the Low Pay Commission: supplementary\nSection 8\nThe Low Pay Commission\nSection 13\nAppointment of officers\nSection 23\nThe right not to suffer detriment\nSection 24\nEnforcement of the right not to suffer detriment\nSection 25\nRight of employee not to be unfairly dismissed: Great Britain\nSection 26, in so far as it is not already in force, except for subsection (5)\nRight of employee not to be unfairly dismissed: Northern Ireland\nSection 29\nAppeals to the Employment Appeal Tribunal\nSection 30, in so far as it relates to section 24\nConciliation\nSection 34\nAgency workers who are not otherwise “workers”\nSection 35\nHomeworkers who are not otherwise “workers”\nSection 36\nCrown employment\nSection 37\nArmed forces\nSection 38\nHouse of Lords staff\nSection 39\nHouse of Commons staff\nSection 40\nMariners\nSection 43\nExclusions: share fishermen\nSection 44\nExclusions: voluntary workers\nSection 45\nExclusions: prisoners\nSection 48\nApplication of Act to superior employers\nSection 49, in so far as it is not already in force, except for subsections (9) and (10)\nRestrictions on contracting out\nSection 50\nPublicity\nSection 52\nExpenses\nSection 53, in so far as it relates to the repeals in Schedule 3 specified in the table below\nRepeals and revocations\nSection 54\nMeaning of “worker”, “employee”, etc\nSection 55\nInterpretation\nSchedule 1\nThe Low Pay Commission\nIn Schedule 3 the repeals specified in the table below\nRepeals and revocations\nTable\nReference\nShort Title\nExtent of Repeal\n1996 c. 17\nThe Employment Tribunals Act 1996\nIn section 21(1)(f), the word “or”.\n1996 c. 18\nThe Employment Rights Act 1996\nIn section 108(3), the word “or”.\nIn section 109(2), the word “or” at the end of paragraph (g).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2574/schedule/1",
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  "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."
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