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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111519974/article/2</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 2012</dc:title><dc:subject>Employment terms and conditions</dc:subject><dc:subject>Employment rights</dc:subject><dc:subject>Dismissal</dc:subject><dc:subject>Employment relations</dc:subject><dc:subject>Employment regulations</dc:subject><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2012-02-10</dc:modified><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT</dc:subject><dct:valid>2012-04-06</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order increases from one year to two years the qualifying period of continuous employment needed:</dc:description>
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<Text><Character Name="EnSpace"/>In section 92(3)<FootnoteRef Ref="f00002"/> of the Employment Rights Act 1996 for “one year” substitute “two years”.</Text>
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<Para><Text>Section 92(3) was amended by the Employment Act <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/22" id="c00003" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="0022">2002 (c. 22)</Citation>, section 53, Schedule 7, paragraphs 24 and 31; and the Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order 1999 (<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1999/1436" id="c00004" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1999" Number="1436"><Acronym Expansion="Statutory Instrument">S.I.</Acronym> 1999/1436</Citation>), articles 2 and 5.</Text></Para>
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