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Employment Rights Act 1996
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- 1996 c. 18
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- S.I. 2005/3175 art. 2(2) commences (2004 c. 33)
- S.I. 2007/709 art. 3(p) commences (2006 c. 48)
- S.I. 2007/2913 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 52)
- S.I. 2009/812 art. 3(a)(b) commences (2006 c. 52)
- S.I. 2009/3250 art. 2(h) commences (2007 c. 29)
- S.I. 2010/128 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 18)
- S.I. 2010/495 art. 3(a) art. 3(c) art. 4(d) art. 4(e) commences (2006 c. 18)
- S.I. 2011/882 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2010/303 art. 7 Sch. 6
- S.I. 2012/924 art. 2 Coming into force
- S.I. 2012/1682 art. 2 Sch. 2 commences (2008 c. 30)
Final provisionsE+W+S+N.I.
240 Consequential amendments.E+W+S+N.I.
Schedule 1 (consequential amendments) shall have effect.
241 Transitionals, savings and transitory provisions.E+W+S
Schedule 2 (transitional provisions, savings and transitory provisions) shall have effect.
242 Repeals and revocations.E+W+S+N.I.
The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 3 are repealed, and the instruments specified in Part II of that Schedule are revoked, to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
243 Commencement.E+W+S+N.I.
This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
244 Extent.E+W+S+N.I.
(1)Subject to the following provisions, this Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland but not to Northern Ireland.
(2)[F1Sections 36(2) and (4), 37(1) and (5), 38 and 39]F1 extend to England and Wales only.
(3)Sections 201 and 238 (and sections 236 and 243, this section and section 245) extend to Northern Ireland (as well as to England and Wales and Scotland).
(4)Sections 240 and 242 and Schedules 1 and 3 have the same extent as the provisions amended or repealed by this Act.
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F1Words in s. 244(2) substituted (6.4.2004) by Sunday Working (Scotland) Act 2003 (c. 18), s. 1(5); S.I. 2004/958, art. 2
245 Short title.E+W+S+N.I.
This Act may be cited as the Employment Rights Act 1996.
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