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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/right-to-time-off-for-study-or-training-regulations-1999/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/986",
  "legislation_title": "The Right to Time Off for Study or Training Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/right-to-time-off-for-study-or-training-regulations-1999",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations, which are made under section 63A of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (the “1996 Act”), set out the standard of achievement which is prescribed for the purposes of section 63(A)(1)(c) of the 1996 Act (regulation 3). An employee who has not attained the standard of achievement has a right to take time off for study or training leading to a relevant qualification.\nThe Regulations also list in the Schedule the qualification awarding bodies which are specified for the purposes of section 63A(2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/986/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:27.099118+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."
}