Amendment of the Agricultural Wages Act 19482
1
The Agricultural Wages Act 19483 shall be further amended in accordance with this regulation.
2
Section 3A(3)(f) shall be omitted.
3
After section 3A(3) there shall be inserted–
3A
In the application of section 17 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 by subsection (1) of this section–
a
for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection–
2
That amount is the difference between–
a
the remuneration received by the worker as a worker employed in agriculture for the pay reference period from his employer; and
b
the amount which he would have received as a worker employed in agriculture for that period had he been remunerated by the employer at the minimum rate applicable under this Act.
b
subsection (3) shall be disregarded.