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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979/schedule-5/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1979/36",
  "legislation_title": "Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors Act 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/nurses-midwives-and-health-visitors-act-1979",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any dispute arising as to whether or not—\n(a) the terms of employment with one of the new statutory bodies are, or would be, less favourable to a person than those on which he was employed at the time when the employment was offered to him; or\n(b) whether or not a person’s refusal of employment with one of those bodies was reasonable,\nand any dispute concerning the compensation referred to in paragraph 3, shall be referred to and determined by an industrial tribunal.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:17:16.298557+00:00"
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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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