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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-application-of-tupe-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3246",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality Contracts Schemes (Application of TUPE) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-application-of-tupe-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of “principally connected”",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 134B(4) of the Act (organised grouping), a person’s employment is “principally connected” with the provision of affected local services if that person spends, on average, at least half of their working time—\n(a) assigned to the provision of affected local services; or\n(b) assigned to activities connected wholly or mainly to the provision of affected local services.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3246/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:59:01.586523+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."
}