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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-act-2016-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-regulations-2017/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/139",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-act-2016-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional Provisions",
  "text": "The amendments made by paragraphs 5 to 11 and paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 apply only after the end of the transition period of 12 months beginning on 1st March 2017 specified under section 11(6) of the Trade Union Act 2016, and only in relation to a person—\n(a) who after the end of that period joins a trade union that has a political fund, or\n(b) who is a member of a trade union that has a political fund but did not have one immediately before the end of that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "In accordance with The Trade Union Act 2016 (Political Funds) (Transition Period) Regulations 2017 No. 130."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/139/regulation/4",
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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."
}