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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-recognition-method-of-collective-bargaining-order-2000/schedule/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1300",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union Recognition (Method of Collective Bargaining) Order 2000",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "The Parties",
  "text": "The method shall apply in each case to two parties, who are referred to here as the “employer” and the “union”. Unless the text specifies otherwise, the term “union” should be read to mean “unions” in cases where two or more unions are jointly recognised.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1300/schedule/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:00.327219+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."
}