Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2021 and come into force on 1st April 2021.

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 “£8.72” substitute “£8.91”.

(3) In regulation 4A(1) (workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate)—

(a) for “£8.20” substitute “£8.36”;

(b) for “25 years” substitute “23 years”;

(c) for “£6.45” substitute “£6.56”;

(d) for “£4.55” substitute “£4.62”;

(e) for “£4.15” substitute “£4.30”.

(4) In regulation 16(1) (amount for provision of living accommodation) for “£8.20” substitute “£8.36”.

(5) In regulation 59(8) (records to be kept by an employer) for “three years” substitute “six years”.

Transitional Provision

3. The amendment made by regulation 2(5) applies in relation to an employer’s records made before 1st April 2021 only if, immediately before 1st April 2021, the employer was already required by regulation 59 to keep the records.