Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st May 2001.

(2) In these Regulations, “the principal regulations” means the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999( 2 ).

Amendments to the principal regulations

2. In the definition of “worker” in paragraph (1) of regulation 2 of the principal regulations (general interpretative provisions)( 3 ), after “(3)” insert “,(5)”.

3. In paragraph (5) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations (workers who do not qualify for the national minimum wage), for “worker” substitute “person” and omit “either”.

4. For sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph (5) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations substitute—

“ (a) a scheme provided to him under Government arrangements that are not specified in paragraph (3)(b),

(b) a scheme provided to him under Government arrangements that are specified in paragraph (3)(b), unless the person is a worker within the meaning given by section 54(3) of the Act by virtue of his participation in the scheme, or

(c) a scheme, not being one provided to him under Government arrangements, funded in whole or in part under the European Social Fund, ” .

5. In paragraph (6) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations( 4 ), for the concluding words “arrangements made by the Government” substitute “Government arrangements”.

6. In paragraph (7) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations, for “(b)” substitute “(c)” and for the concluding words “arrangements made by the Government” substitute “Government arrangements”.

Transitional provision

7. The amendments to the principal regulations made by these regulations apply in relation to any person from whom they remove the entitlement to the national minimum wage with effect from the first day after the end of the pay reference period for that person that includes 1st May 2001.