Citation and commencement

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

Amendments to the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999

2.The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999( 3 ) are amended as follows.

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

(a) in paragraph (6)(b)(i) after “Advanced Level Apprenticeships” insert “, or under a Trailblazer Apprenticeship”.

(b) after paragraph (6) insert—

“ (7) In paragraph (6)(b)(i), a “Trailblazer Apprenticeship” is an agreement between an employer and a worker which provides for the worker to perform work for that employer and for the employer, or another person, to provide training in order to assist the worker to achieve the apprenticeship standard in the work done under the agreement.

(8) In paragraph (7), “apprenticeship standard” means the standard published by the Secretary of State in connection with the Government arrangements known as Trailblazer Apprenticeships, which applies as respects the work done under the agreement. ”