Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 779
Terms And Conditions Of Employment
The National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020
Made
21st July 2020
Coming into force
1st October 2020
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 21st day of July 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
A draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament in accordance with section 51(3) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998( 1 ).
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(2) of that Act( 2 ), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020.
(2) This Order comes into force on 1st October 2020.
Amendments to the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) Order 1999
2. —(1) Article 2 of the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) Order 1999( 3 ) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—
“ (2) Paragraph (1) does not apply the provisions of the 1998 Act to or in relation to any individual employed for the purposes of activities on a ship exercising the right of innocent passage or the right of transit passage.
(3) In paragraph (2), “right of innocent passage” and “right of transit passage” are to be construed in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 ( 4 ) . ”
(3) After paragraph (4) insert—
“ (5) Nothing in this article affects the operation of section 40 of the 1998 Act (application of the Act to individuals employed to work on ships registered in the United Kingdom). ”
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
“Offshore employment” is defined in section 42(1).
S.I. 1999/1128 .
Cmnd 8941.