Wages Act 1986

Part IVU.K. General

30 Excluded employments.E+W+S

(1)Parts I and II do not apply to employment where under his contract the person employed ordinarily works outside Great Britain.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) a person employed to work on board a ship registered in the United Kingdom (not being a ship registered at a port outside Great Britain) shall, unless—

(a)the employment is wholly outside Great Britain, or

(b)he is not ordinarily resident in Great Britain,

be regarded as a person who under his contract ordinarily works in Great Britain.

(3)Parts I and II do not, however, apply to a person employed under a crew agreement within the meaning of the M1Merchant Shipping Act 1970.

31 Financial provisions.E+W+S

There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a)any expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in consequence of Part II;

(b)any expenses incurred by wages councils (within the meaning of Part II) in accordance with the terms of any authorisation given by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury; and

(c)any increase attributable to this Act in the sums payable out of money so provided under any other Act.

32 Amendments, repeals, transitional provisions and savings.U.K.

(1)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 shall have effect subject to the minor and consequential amendments there specified.

(2)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 5 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

(3)The transitional provisions and savings contained in Schedule 6 shall have effect; but nothing in that Schedule shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of sections 16 and 17 of the M2Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to repeals).

33 Short title, commencement and extent.U.K.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Wages Act 1986.

(2)The following provisions of this Act shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed—

• section 24;

• section 25(1) to (3);

• section 29;

• section 31;

• section 32(3) and Schedule 6;

• this section.

(3)The following provisions of this Act, namely—

• sections 27 and 28,

• paragraphs 8 and 11 of Schedule 4 and section 32(1) so far as relating thereto, and

• Part I of Schedule 5 and section 32(2) so far as relating thereto,

shall come into force on the day on which this Act is passed or on 1st August 1986, whichever is the later.

(4)The following provisions of this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed—

• Part II (excluding sections 24 and 25(1) to (3) but including Schedules 2 and 3);

• section 30 so far as relating to Part II;

• paragraphs 4 to 7 of Schedule 4 and section 32(1) so far as relating thereto;

• Part II of Schedule 5 and section 32(2) so far as relating thereto.

(5)The following provisions of this Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, namely—

• Part I (including Schedule 1);

• section 30 so far as relating to Part I;

• paragraphs 1 to 3, 9 and 10 of Schedule 4 and section 32 (1) so far as relating thereto;

• Part III of Schedule 5 and section 32(2) so far as relating thereto.

(6)An order under subsection (5) may—

(a)appoint different days for different provisions or for different purposes;

(b)contain such transitional and supplementary provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.

(7)With the exception of—

• section 29 (which extends only to Northern Ireland),

• paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 4 and section 32(1) so far as relating thereto,

• section 32(2) and Part II of Schedule 5 so far as they repeal any provision of the M3Wages Councils Act 1979 extending to Northern Ireland, and

• this section,

this Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.