40 Power to amend Act.E+W+S
(1)The Secretary of State [F1and the Lord Chancellor, acting jointly,] may by order—
(a)provide that any provision of this Act to which this section applies and which is specified in the order shall not apply to persons, or to employments, of such classes as may be prescribed in the order, or
(b)provide that any provision of this Act to which this section applies shall apply to persons or employments of such classes as may be prescribed in the order subject to such exceptions and modifications as may be so prescribed.
(2)This section applies to sections 3, 8, 16 and 17 and to section 18 so far as deriving from section 133 of the M1Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 40(1) inserted (1.12.2007) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 48(1), 148, Sch. 8 para. 38; S.I. 2007/2709, art. 4
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