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The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999

Type Statutory-Instrument

Publication 1999-03-09

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Made: 9th March 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 51(1)(b) and 56(2) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998¹, hereby makes the following Order:–

Citation and interpretation

1

(1) This Order may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1999.

(2) In this Order–

“the 1998 Act” means the National Minimum Wage Act 1998;

“the 1948 Act” means the Agricultural Wages Act 1948²;

“the 1949 Act” means the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949³.

Commencement

2

The provisions of the 1998 Act specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1999.

Transitional provisions

3

(1) Neither the amendments made to the 1948 Act by Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, nor the repeals relating to the 1948 Act contained in Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act, shall have effect in respect of work done before 1st April 1999.

(2) Neither the amendments made to the 1949 Act by Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act, nor the repeals relating to the 1949 Act contained in Schedule 3 to the 1998 Act, shall have effect in respect of work done before 1st April 1999.

(3) The amendments made to the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977⁴ by Schedule 2 to the 1998 Act shall not have effect in respect of work done before 1st April 1999.

SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1st APRIL 1999

Section 46	Relationship of the Act and agricultural wages legislation
Section 47, in so far as not already in force	Amendments relating to remuneration etc of agricultural workers
Section 53, in so far as it relates to the repeals in Schedule 3 specified in the table below	Repeals and revocations
Schedule 2 except, in each of paragraphs 3, 13, and 26, the words “(f) any reference to a pay reference period shall be disregarded”	Amendments relating to remuneration etc of agricultural workers
In Schedule 3 the repeals specified in the table below	Repeals and revocations
Reference	Short Title
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11 & 12 Geo. 6 c. 47.	The Agricultural Wages Act 1948.



12 & 13 Geo. 6 c. 30.	The Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949.

Signed

Ian McCartney — Minister of State, — Department of Trade and Industry — 9th March 1999

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force the provisions of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 contained in the Schedule to the Order on 1st April 1999.

Transitional provisions are set out in Article 3.

Footnotes

1998 c. 39.

1948 c. 47.

1949 c. 30.

S.I. 1977/2151 (N.I. 22).

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