National minimum wage etc
10Powers of officers to take copies of records
1
In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998, section 14 (powers of officers) is amended as specified in subsections (2) and (3).
2
In subsection (1)(a), the words “any material part of” are repealed.
3
After subsection (3) there is inserted—
3A
The power of an officer to copy records under subsection (1)(a) includes a power to remove such records from the place where they are produced to him in order to copy them; but such records must be returned as soon as reasonably practicable to the relevant person by whom they are produced.
4
Nothing in this section (or Part 3 of the Schedule) affects section 14 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 as it has effect for the purposes of—
a
the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949, or
b
the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 (SI 1977/2151) (N.I.22).