{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-minimum-wage-regulations-2015/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111127964",
  "legislation_title": "The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-minimum-wage-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "National minimum wage rates",
  "text": "(1) The national minimum wage is the single hourly rate of—\n(a) £6.50 for a worker who is aged 21 years or over;\n(b) £5.13 for a worker who is aged 18 years or over (but is not yet aged 21 years);\n(c) £3.79 for a worker who is aged under 18 years;\n(d) £2.73 for a worker to whom the apprenticeship rate applies, as determined in accordance with regulation 5.\n(2) The single hourly rate of the national minimum wage at which a worker is entitled to be remunerated as respects work, in a pay reference period, is the rate which applies to the worker on the first day of that period.\n(3) If the rate in paragraph (1)(d) applies to a worker, the rates in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c) do not apply to that worker.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111127964/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:10:18.879720+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}