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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-2015-commencement-no-1-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1329",
  "legislation_title": "The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/small-business-enterprise-and-employment-act-2015-commencement-no-1-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 26th May 2015",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (“the Act”) come into force on 26th May 2015—\n(a) section 18 (power to specify regulatory functions);\n(b) subsections (1), (3) and (4) of section 19 (guidance by the Secretary of State);\n(c) subsections (4), (6) and (7) of section 33 (definitions of small and micro business: power to make regulations);\n(d) section 34 (small and micro business regulations: further provision);\n(e) section 149 (protection for applicants for employment etc. in the health service);\n(f) section 152 (amount of financial penalty for underpayment of national minimum wage);\n(g) section 153 (exclusivity terms unenforceable in zero hours contracts);\n(h) section 158 (concessionary coal).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1329/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:35:31.899341+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."
}