{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-ballots-and-elections-independent-scrutineer-qualifications-order-1988/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-ballots-and-elections-independent-scrutineer-qualifications-order-1988/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2117",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union Ballots and Elections (Independent Scrutineer Qualifications) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-ballots-and-elections-independent-scrutineer-qualifications-order-1988",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Trade Union Ballots and Elections (Independent Scrutineer Qualifications) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 1st February 1989.\n(2) In this Order, “the 1988 Act” means the Employment Act 1988.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2117/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:53:37.063151+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."
}