{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-reform-and-employment-rights-act-1993-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1993/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-reform-and-employment-rights-act-1993-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1993/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/2503",
  "legislation_title": "The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/trade-union-reform-and-employment-rights-act-1993-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provisions-order-1993",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1993.\n(2) In this Order—\n(i) “the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978, and\n(ii) “the 1993 Act” means the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/2503/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:49:46.530488+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."
}