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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-act-1974-repealed-16101992/section-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/52",
  "legislation_title": "Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (repealed 16.10.1992)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-and-labour-relations-act-1974-repealed-16101992",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "No compulsion to work.",
  "text": "No court shall, whether by way of—\n(a) an order for specific performance or specific implement of a contract of employment, or\n(b) an injunction or interdict restraining a breach or threatened breach of such a contract,\ncompel an employee to do any work or attend at any place for the doing of any work.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/52/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:01.684472+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."
}