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In that Act, in section 33 (proceedings for offences), subsections (2) to (5) are repealed.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