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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statute-law-repeals-act-1993-commencement-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/509",
  "legislation_title": "The Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (Commencement) Order 1996",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force the repeal of the Shipbuilding (Redundancy Payments) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”) and of section 1 of the Shipbuilding Act 1985 (“the 1985 Act”) by section 1(1) of, and Schedule 1 (Part IX, Group 1) to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”). The purpose of the 1978 Act was to provide, for a limited period, schemes to alleviate the hardship caused to redundant employees of British shipbuilders by the contraction of the international shipping market. Section 1 of the 1985 Act extended the period by which schemes under the 1978 Act were to have effect. The legislation is now spent; the schemes have expired and have been replaced by non-statutory schemes.\nSection 4(3) of the 1993 Act made provision for the repeal of the 1978 Act and of section 1 of the 1985 Act to come into force on a day to be appointed by the Lord Chancellor. This Order, made pursuant to section 4(3) of the 1993 Act, provides for 1st April 1996 to be the appointed day.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/509/note",
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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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