National minimum wage etc

I111Offences: mode of trial and penalties

1

In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, in section 31 (offences), in subsection (9), for the words from “on summary conviction” to the end there is substituted—

a

on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or

b

on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum

2

In that Act, in section 33 (proceedings for offences), subsections (2) to (5) are repealed.

3

Nothing in this section (or Part 4 of the Schedule) affects section 31 or 33 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39) as it has effect for the purposes of—

a

the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949 (c. 30), or

b

the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (SI 1977/2151) (N.I.22).