Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2001 and shall come into force on 1st October 2001.

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

Amendments to the principal regulations: rates

2. In regulation 11( 3 ) of the principal regulations (the rate of the national minimum wage), for “£3.70” substitute “£4.10”.

3. In regulations 13 of the principal regulations (rate for workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate)—

(a) in paragraph (1), for “£3.20” substitute “£3.50”, and

(b) in paragraph (2), for “£3.20” substitute “£3.50”.

4. In regulation 36(1) of the principal regulations (amount permitted to be taken into account where living accommodation is provides)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), (hourly amount), for “50p” substitute “57p”, and

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), (daily amount, for “£2.85” substitute “£3.25”.

Further amendments to the principal regulations

5. —(1) In regulation 13(3) of the principal regulations (workers taking part in accredited training)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“ (a) training by means of a course which—

(i) prepares students to obtain a vocational qualification which, immediately before 1st April 2001, was, or fell within a class, approved for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of Schedule 2 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 ( 4 ) , or

(ii) leads to an external qualification approved under section 98 or 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 ( 5 ) for the purposes of section 97 of that Act; ” ;

(b) in sub-paragraph (c), for the words from “approved by the Secretary of State” to the end, substitute

“ which—

(i) was, immediately before 1 April 2001, approved for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of Schedule 2 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or

(ii) is approved under section 98 or 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 97 of that Act; ” ;

(c) for sub-paragraph (e)(i) substitute—

“ (i) in England and Wales, training by means of a course which—

(a) prepares students to obtain a vocational qualification which, immediately before 1 April 2001, was, or fell within a class, approved for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of Schedule 2 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or

(b) leads to an external qualification approved under section 98 or 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 97 of that Act, ” .

(2) In regulation 13(6) of the principal regulations (training in Northern Ireland)—

(a) in paragraph (a), for the words from “qualification approved by the Secretary of State” to the end, substitute

“ qualification which—

(i) was, immediately before 1st April 2001, approved for the purposes of sub-paragraph (a) of Schedule 2 to the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, or

(ii) is approved under section 98 or 99 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 for the purposes of section 97 of that Act; ” ;

(b) in paragraph (c) for “for the time being” substitute “which was, immediately before 1st April 2001”.

Transitional provision

6. The amendments to the principal regulations made by regulations 2, 3, 4 and 5 do not apply in relation to any pay reference period (within the meaning assigned to that expression by regulation 10 of the principal regulations) beginning before 1st October 2001.