Act amended by S.I. 1987/863, reg. 3(3) and S.I. 1987/1852, reg. 3(3)

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Wages orders14 Wages orders. 15 Application of wages orders to piece workers.16 Effect and enforcement of wages orders.17 Computation of remuneration.18 Apportionment of remuneration. Enforcement19 Obligation to keep records etc.20 Officers.21 Offences in connection with enforcement of Part II.22 Application of Part II to superior employers: liability of employers and others in respect of offences.23 Offences by bodies corporate.24 Transitory provisions relating to existing wages councils and wages orders.25 Regulations and orders made by Secretary of State under Part II.26 Interpretation of Part II.Part III Redundancy Rebates, etc.27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Abolition of payments equivalent to redundancy rebates.29 Power to make corresponding provision for Northern Ireland.Part IV General30 Excluded employments.31 Financial provisions.32 Amendments, repeals, transitional provisions and savings.33 Short title, commencement and extent. 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Proof of orders4A document purporting to be a copy of an order...SCHEDULE 4 Minor and Consequential AmendmentsCoal Mines Regulation Act 1908 (c.57)1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c.70)3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c.32)4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c.44)7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8. . . . . . . . . ....9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11. . . . . . . . . ....SCHEDULE 5Part I Repeals coming into force in accordance with s.33(3)Part II Repeals coming into force two months after Royal AssentPart III Repeals coming into force on a day appointed under s.33(5)SCHEDULE 6 Transitional Provisions and Savings Members and officers of wages councils1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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Wages Act 1986

1986 c. 48

An Act to make fresh provision with respect to the protection of workers in relation to the payment of wages; to make further provision with respect to wages councils; to restrict redundancy rebates to employers with less than ten employees and to abolish certain similar payments; and for connected purposes.

[25th July 1986]

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<tocItem level="0" class="title" href="">Wages Act 1986</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/part/I" level="1" class="part" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">Part I</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/1" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period4">
<inline name="tocNum">1</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> General restrictions on deductions made, or payments received, by employers.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/2" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">2</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">
Deductions from wages of workers in retail employment on account of cash shortages
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/3" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">3</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">
Payments by workers in retail employment on account of cash shortages
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/4" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">4</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Provisions supplementary to ss. 2 and 3.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/5" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period4">
<inline name="tocNum">5</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">
Complaints to industrial tribunals in respect of unauthorised deductions
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/6" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period6">
<inline name="tocNum">6</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Supplementary provisions relating to complaints.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/7" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period4">
<inline name="tocNum">7</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Meaning of “wages”.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/8" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">8</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> General interpretation of Part I.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/9" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period6">
<inline name="tocNum">9</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Crown employment.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/10" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">10</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Power to extend provisions to employment outside United Kingdom.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/11" level="2" class="item repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">11</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">
Repeal of Truck Acts 1831 to 1940
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/part/II" level="1" class="part" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">Part II</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/part/II/crossheading/scope-of-operation-of-wages-councils" level="2" class="heading repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Scope of operation of wages councils</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/12" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">12</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Continued existence of wages councils after repeal of Wages Councils Act 1979.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/13" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">13</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Abolition, or variation of scope of operation, of wages councils.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/part/II/crossheading/wages-orders" level="2" class="heading repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Wages orders</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/14" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">14</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Wages orders. </inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/15" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">15</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Application of wages orders to piece workers.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/16" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">16</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Effect and enforcement of wages orders.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/17" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">17</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Computation of remuneration.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/18" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">18</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Apportionment of remuneration.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/part/II/crossheading/enforcement" level="2" class="heading repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Enforcement</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/19" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">19</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">
Obligation to keep records
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/20" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">20</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Officers.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/21" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">21</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Offences in connection with enforcement of Part II.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/22" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">22</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Application of Part II to superior employers: liability of employers and others in respect of offences.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/23" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">23</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Offences by bodies corporate.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/24" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">24</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Transitory provisions relating to existing wages councils and wages orders.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/25" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">25</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Regulations and orders made by Secretary of State under Part II.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/26" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">26</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Interpretation of Part II.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/part/III" level="1" class="part">
<inline name="tocNum">Part III</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">
Redundancy Rebates,
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/27" level="2" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">27</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . </inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/28" level="2" class="item" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">28</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Abolition of payments equivalent to redundancy rebates.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/29" level="2" class="item" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">29</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Power to make corresponding provision for Northern Ireland.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/part/IV" level="1" class="part" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">Part IV</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> General</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/30" level="2" class="item" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">30</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Excluded employments.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/31" level="2" class="item" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">31</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Financial provisions.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/32" level="2" class="item" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">32</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Amendments, repeals, transitional provisions and savings.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/section/33" level="2" class="item" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">33</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Short title, commencement and extent.</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="" level="1" class="schedules" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocHeading"> SCHEDULES</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/1" level="2" class="schedule" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">SCHEDULE 1</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="" level="3" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum"/>
<inline name="tocHeading"/>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2" level="2" class="schedule" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">SCHEDULE 2</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/1" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">1</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">A wages council shall consist of— (a) such numbers of...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/2" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period3">
<inline name="tocNum">2</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the persons appointed under paragraph...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/3" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">3</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">Of the independent persons appointed under paragraph 1(b) one shall...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/4" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">4</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">The Secretary of State may appoint a secretary for a...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/5" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">5</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">The proceedings of a wages council shall not be invalidated...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/6" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">6</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">(1) A wages council may delegate any of its functions,...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/7" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">7</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">The Secretary of State may make regulations as to the...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/8" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">8</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">(1) A member of a wages council shall hold and...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/2/paragraph/9" level="3" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">9</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">The Secretary of State may pay— (a) to the members...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3" level="2" class="schedule" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">SCHEDULE 3</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/crossheading/preliminary-inquiries-and-notices" level="3" class="heading repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Preliminary inquiries and notices</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/paragraph/1" level="4" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">1</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">(1) Before making an order under section 14 a wages...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/crossheading/publication-of-notice-of-making-of-order" level="3" class="heading repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Publication of notice of making of order</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/paragraph/2" level="4" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">2</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">As soon as a wages council has made an order...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/crossheading/coming-into-operation-of-orders" level="3" class="heading repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Coming into operation of orders</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/paragraph/3" level="4" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">3</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any such order shall come...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/crossheading/proof-of-orders" level="3" class="heading repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Proof of orders</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/3/paragraph/4" level="4" class="item repealed" period="#period1">
<inline name="tocNum">4</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">A document purporting to be a copy of an order...</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4" level="2" class="schedule">
<inline name="tocNum">SCHEDULE 4</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Minor and Consequential Amendments</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/crossheading/coal-mines-regulation-act-1908-c57" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading">
<inline name="smallCaps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908 (c.57)</inline>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/1" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">1</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/2" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">2</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/crossheading/mines-and-quarries-act-1954-c70" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading">
<inline name="smallCaps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c.70)</inline>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/3" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">3</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/crossheading/attachment-of-earnings-act-1971-c32" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading">
<inline name="smallCaps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c.32)</inline>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/4" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">4</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/crossheading/house-of-commons-disqualification-act-1975-c24" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading">
<inline name="smallCaps" style="font-variant:small-caps">House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c.24)</inline>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/5" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">5</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/crossheading/northern-ireland-assembly-disqualification-act-1975-c25" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading">
<inline name="smallCaps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c.25)</inline>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/6" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">6</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/crossheading/employment-protection-consolidation-act-1978-c44" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading">
<inline name="smallCaps" style="font-variant:small-caps">Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c.44)</inline>
</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/7" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">7</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/8" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">8</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . ....</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/9" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">9</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/10" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">10</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/4/paragraph/11" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">11</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . ....</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/5" level="2" class="schedule" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">SCHEDULE 5</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/5/part/I" level="3" class="part repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">Part I</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Repeals coming into force in accordance with s.33(3)</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/5/part/II" level="3" class="part repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">Part II</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Repeals coming into force two months after Royal Assent</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/5/part/III" level="3" class="part repealed" period="#period2">
<inline name="tocNum">Part III</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Repeals coming into force on a day appointed under s.33(5)</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6" level="2" class="schedule">
<inline name="tocNum">SCHEDULE 6</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> Transitional Provisions and Savings</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/members-and-officers-of-wages-councils" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Members and officers of wages councils</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/1" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">1</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/enforcement-officers-appointed-by-secretary-of-state" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Enforcement officers appointed by Secretary of State</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/2" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">2</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/anticipatory-exercise-of-powers-relating-to-making-of-orders" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Anticipatory exercise of powers relating to making of orders</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/3" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">3</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/failure-to-pay-minimum-remuneration-occurring-before-commencement-of-part-ii" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Failure to pay minimum remuneration occurring before commencement of Part II</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/4" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">4</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/general-saving-for-accrued-rights-and-related-provisions-of-1979-act" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> General saving for accrued rights and related provisions of 1979 Act</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/5" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">5</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/power-to-preserve-accrued-rights-under-wages-orders" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Power to preserve accrued rights under wages orders</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/6" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">6</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/exemption-orders" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Exemption orders</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/7" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">7</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/references-to-trade-boards" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> References to trade boards</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/8" level="4" class="item" period="#period5">
<inline name="tocNum">8</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/9" level="4" class="item">
<inline name="tocNum">9</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading"> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/crossheading/payments-equivalent-to-redundancy-rebates" level="3" class="heading">
<inline name="tocHeading"> Payments equivalent to redundancy rebates</inline>
</tocItem>
<tocItem href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/48/schedule/6/paragraph/10" level="4" class="item" period="#period7">
<inline name="tocNum">10</inline>
<inline name="tocHeading">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</inline>
</tocItem>
</toc>
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<preface>
<p class="title">
<shortTitle>Wages Act 1986</shortTitle>
</p>
<p class="number">
<docNumber>1986 c. 48</docNumber>
</p>
<longTitle>
<p>An Act to make fresh provision with respect to the protection of workers in relation to the payment of wages; to make further provision with respect to wages councils; to restrict redundancy rebates to employers with less than ten employees and to abolish certain similar payments; and for connected purposes.</p>
</longTitle>
<p class="DateOfEnactment">
<docDate date="1986-07-25">[25th July 1986]</docDate>
</p>
</preface>
<preamble>
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Be it enacted the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
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