Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 465
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
22nd March 2017
Coming into force
1st April 2017
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3), 2, 3 and 51 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998( 1 ), makes the following Regulations.
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 51(5) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.
Amendments to the National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015
2. —(1)The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 4 (the national living wage) for “£7.20” substitute “£7.50”.
(3) In regulation 4A(1) (workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate)—
(a) for “£6.95” substitute “£7.05”;
(b) for “£5.55” substitute “£5.60”;
(c) for “£4.00” substitute “£4.05”;
(d) for “£3.40” substitute “£3.50”.
(4) In regulation 16(1) (amount for provision of living accommodation) for “£6.00” substitute “£6.40”.
Margot James
Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
22nd March 2017
1998 c.39 . Section 3(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1999/583 and amended by S.I. 2007/2042 ; section 51(6) and (7) was amended by the Employment Act 2008 (c.24) , sections 9(3) and 20 and the Schedule, Part 2.
S.I. 2015/621 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1724 , S.I. 2016/68 and S.I. 2016/953 .