{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/redundancy-payments-exemption-no-1-order-1970/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1970/354",
  "legislation_title": "The Redundancy Payments (Exemption) (No. 1) Order 1970",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/redundancy-payments-exemption-no-1-order-1970",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 6th March 1970\nComing into Operation 31st March 1970\nWHEREAS the parties to the agreement dated the 20th day of January 1970 set out in the Schedule to this Order made application to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 11(1) of the Redundancy Payments Act 1965 (hereafter referred to as “the Act”) on the 6th February 1970:\nAND whereas the agreement is between the following parties:—\n(a) The Electricity Council\n(b) The North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board\n(c) The South of Scotland Electricity Board\n(d) The Amalgamated Union of Engineering and Foundry Workers\n(e) The Electrical, Electronic and Telecommunications Union—Plumbing Trades Union\n(f) The General and Municipal Workers Union\n(g) The Transport and General Workers Union\n(h) The National Federation of Construction Unions\n(i) The Clerical and Administrative Workers Union\n(j) The National and Local Government Officers Association\n(k) The Electrical Power Engineers Association\n(l) The Association of Managerial Electrical Executives\nAND whereas the parties to the agreement are employers and trade unions representing employees:\nAND whereas under the said agreement employees of the employers who are party to the agreement have a right in certain circumstances to payments on the termination of their contracts of employment:\nAND whereas, in pursuance of section 11(1) and (2) of the Act the Secretary of State, having regard to the provisions of the agreement, is satisfied that section 1 of the Act should not apply to the said employees:\nNOW, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of her powers under section 11(1) of the Act and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1970/354/introduction",
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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."
}