fixing a single minimum hourly rate of remuneration in respect of all the time worked by a worker in any week;

fixing, for the purposes of section 17(2)(b) and (3)(b), a limit applying to amounts which are deducted from a worker’s remuneration by his employer, or paid by a worker to his employer, in respect of the provision of living accommodation for him by his employer, being a limit framed by reference to the amount recovered by the employer by means of any such deductions or payments in respect of any period of 24 hours for the whole or part of which any such accommodation is so provided.

make different provision under subsection (1) in relation to periods of time beginning with different dates;

provide for any matter fixed by the order in pursuance of that subsection to have effect only as from a date later than that on which the order comes into force;

to all time workers in relation to whom the council operates, and

in accordance with the provisions of this Part relating to the remuneration of piece workers, to all piece workers in relation to whom the council operates;

of the rate for the time being fixed by the order in pursuance of subsection (1)(a) or (b)(i); or

where a rate is so fixed in pursuance of subsection (1)(b)(i) and the time so worked exceeds the basic hours, of a combination of that rate (as respects the basic hours) and the rate for the time being fixed by the order in pursuance of subsection (1)(b)(ii) (as respects any time worked in excess of those hours).

the effect that that rate will have on the level of employment among the workers to whom it will apply, and in particular in those areas where the remuneration received by such workers is generally less than the national average for such workers; and

such other matters as appear to it to be appropriate.

a piece worker (other than a homeworker) is required, whether in accordance with his contract or otherwise, to be available for work and is so available at his place of work, but

no work is available to be executed by the worker,

evidence may be given of any other failure on the part of the employer such as is mentioned in subsection (2) which occurred, in relation to any week falling within the period of two years ending with the date of the offence, in the case of the worker in relation to whom the offence was committed or in the case of any other worker employed by the employer; and

on proof of any such failure the court may order the employer to pay to the worker or (as the case may be) to each of the workers in question the appropriate sum in respect of the week in relation to which the failure occurred.

the statutory minimum remuneration provided for the worker in respect of the week in question by the relevant order under section 14; and

the amount of remuneration paid to the worker in respect of that week.

the offence was committed or the failure occurred in relation to a week forming part of a cycle of weeks (not exceeding four) during which the time worked by that worker in a week was different in different weeks; and

the total remuneration paid to that worker in respect of the total time worked by him during the cycle was not less than the aggregate of the statutory minimum remuneration provided for him by the relevant order under section 14 in respect of the time worked in the constituent weeks of the cycle.

in the case of a time worker, time worked by the worker in that week; and

in subsection (3), the words “, or any other person charged as a person to whose act or default the offence was due,” shall be omitted; and

in subsection (6), for “summons or warrant” there shall be substituted “complaint”.

any deduction in respect of the worker’s necessary expenditure in connection with his employment to the extent that the deduction is attributable to the week in question;

any deduction in respect of the provision of living accommodation for the worker by the employer to the extent that the deduction exceeds any limit for the time being in force in relation to the worker by virtue of section 14(1)(c), and

subject to subsection (4), any other deduction made by the employer for his own use and benefit (and accordingly not attributable to any amount paid or payable by him to any other person, or to any authority, on behalf of the worker).

any payment in respect of the worker’s necessary expenditure in connection with his employment to the extent that the payment is attributable to the week in question;

any payment due from the worker in that week in respect of the provision of living accommodation for him by the employer to the extent that the payment exceeds any limit for the time being in force in relation to the worker by virtue of section 14(1)(c), and

subject to subsection (4), any other payment due from the worker in that week and retained by the employer for his own use and benefit (and accordingly not attributable to any amount paid or payable by him to any other person, or to any authority, on behalf of the worker).

to deductions made or payments received by the employer on account of any goods or services supplied by the employer with the worker’s prior agreement or consent to the extent that any such deductions or payments do not result in the employer recovering from the worker an amount exceeding the cost to the employer of supplying the goods or services in question;

where he supplies goods or services of the kind in question in the course of his business, be taken to be the amount which he would have obtained for the goods or services if they had been supplied in the course of that business; and

in any other case, be taken to be the amount of expenditure incurred by the employer in connection with the supply by him of the goods or services.

work executed by him in any week, and

any such time as is mentioned in section 15(4) that occurs during the week.

in respect of part of the time worked by a time worker in any week (“the relevant period”) the worker is entitled to the statutory minimum remuneration provided for him by an order under section 14, and

in respect of the remainder of the time worked by him in the week (“the remaining period”) the worker is not entitled to any such remuneration or is entitled to any such remuneration by virtue of another such order;

adding the unattributed balance of that particular amount to the amount to be attributed to that period in accordance with subsection (2) above, or

subtracting the unattributed balance of that particular amount from the amount to be attributed to that period in accordance with that subsection,

any reference to the relevant period were a reference to the remaining period; and

the reference in subsection (3) to the remaining period were a reference to the relevant period.

any reference to time worked by the worker in any week were a reference to work executed by him in any week; and

the word “work” were substituted for the word “period” wherever occurring;