Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 338
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
The National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2020
Made
23rd March 2020
Coming into force
1st April 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(3), 2(1), (2)(d) and (5), 3(2)(b) and 51(1)(a) 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 2020 and come into force on 1st April 2020.
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 “£8.21” substitute “£8.72”.
(3) In regulation 4A(1) (workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate)—
(a) for “£7.70” substitute “£8.20”;
(b) for “£6.15” substitute “£6.45”;
(c) for “£4.35” substitute “£4.55”;
(d) for “£3.90” substitute “£4.15”.
(4) In regulation 16(1) (amount for provision of living accommodation) for “£7.55” substitute “£8.20”.
Paul Scully
Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
23rd March 2020
1998 c. 39 ; section 3(1A) was inserted by S.I. 1999/583 and amended by S.I. 2007/2042 . The reference in section 1(3) to “prescribe” means prescribe by regulations: see section 55(1).
S.I. 2015/621 ; the relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2015/1724 , S.I. 2016/68 , S.I. 2016/953 , S.I. 2017/465 , S.I. 2018/455 and S.I. 2019/603 .