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(1) This Order may be cited as the Employment Relations Act 1999 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Employment Relations Act 1999.
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(1) The following sections of the Act shall come into force on 9th September 1999:
(a) section 38 (transfer of undertakings); and
(b) section 42 (orders and regulations).
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Section 18(6) of the Act (agreement to exclude dismissal rights: pregnancy and childbirth and assertion of statutory right) shall come into force on 30th September 1999.
4 
Section 18(6) of the Act has effect in respect of an employee’s dismissal where the effective date of termination (within the meaning of section 97 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 falls on or after 30th September 1999.
Alan Johnson,
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Competitiveness,
Department of Trade and Industry
8th September 1999