EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend provisions in the Working Time Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1833), which implement Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ No. L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9), relating to the administration of annual leave in their application to workers employed in agriculture in England.
Regulation 2 has the effect that the provisions in Schedule 2 for a worker employed in agriculture in England in relation to the date on which the worker’s leave year begins (regulation 13(4)) and notice of leave year (regulation 15(6)) no longer apply.
Regulation 3 provides a saving in relation to the employment of a worker employed in agriculture in England before 1st October 2013 the effect of which is that those same provisions continue to apply on and after that date in relation to that employment.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.