Employment Bill [HL]

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Employment Bill [HL]

Employment Bill [HL]

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Extent

An amendment or repeal effected by this Act has the same extent as the

enactment (or the relevant part of the enactment) to which it relates.

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Commencement

(1)

The provisions of this Act come into force as follows—

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(a)

sections 1 to 9 and Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule come into force on such

day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint;

(b)

section 10 and Part 3 of the Schedule come into force at the end of the

period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is

passed;

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(c)

sections 11 and 12 and Part 4 of the Schedule come into force on such

day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint;

(d)

sections 13 and 14 come into force at the end of the period of two

months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed;

(e)

sections 15 to 17 and Part 5 of the Schedule come into force—

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(i)

on 1 October 2008, or

(ii)

if the day on which this Act is passed is later than that date, on

6 April 2009;

(f)

section 18 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by

order appoint;

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(g)

the remaining provisions of this Act come into force on the day on

which this Act is passed.

(2)

An order under subsection (1) is to be made by statutory instrument.

(3)

An order under subsection (1) may—

(a)

appoint different days for different purposes;

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(b)

contain transitional provision, or savings.

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Short title

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 2008.

(2)

Nothing in this Act shall impose any charge on the people or on public

funds, or vary the amount or incidence of or otherwise alter any such charge

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in any manner, or affect the assessment, levying, administration or

application of any money raised by any such charge.

Employment Bill [HL]
Schedule — Repeals
Part 2 — Repeals relating to section 9

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Schedule

Section 19

Repeals

Part 1

Repeals relating to sections 1 to 7

Short title and chapter

Extent of repeal

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Employment Tribunals Act

Section 18(2A).

1996 (c. 17)

Section 19(2).

Employment Rights Act 1996

Section 98A.

(c. 18)

In section 112(5)(a), “or 98A(1)”.

In section 120(1A)(a), “or 98A(1)”.

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Employment Act 2002 (c. 22)

Section 24(2) and (4).

Sections 29 to 33.

Section 34(2).

In section 40, the definition of “statutory

procedure”.

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In section 51(4), “30, 31, 32, 33 or”.

Schedules 2 to 4.

Part 2

Repeals relating to section 9

Short title and chapter

Extent of repeal

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National Minimum Wage Act

In section 51(6) and (7)(a), “21 or”.

1998 (c. 39)

National Minimum Wage

The whole Act.

(Enforcement Notices) Act

2003 (c. 8)

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Employment Relations Act 2004

Sections 45 and 46.

(c. 24)

Commissioners for Revenue

Section 44(2)(f).

and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11)

Tribunals, Courts and

In Schedule 13, paragraph 128.

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Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15)

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Schedule — Repeals
Part 5 — Repeals relating to sections 15 and 16

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Part 3

Repeals relating to section 10

Short title and chapter

Extent of repeal

National Minimum Wage Act

In section 14(1)(a), “any material part of”.

1998 (c. 39)

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Part 4

Repeals relating to section 11

Short title and chapter

Extent of repeal

National Minimum Wage Act

Section 33(2) to (5).

1998

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Part 5

Repeals relating to sections 15 and 16

Short title and chapter

Extent of repeal

Employment Agencies Act 1973

In section 9—

(c. 35)

(a)

in subsection (1), paragraph (d) and the

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preceding “and”;

(b)

in subsection (4)(a), “subsection (1) of”.

In section 11A, in each of subsections (1) and (3),

“3B, 5(2), 6(2),”.

Employment Relations Act 1999

In Schedule 7, paragraph 4(2)(b) and the

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(c. 26)

preceding “and”.