Regulation 2 Amendment of the Working Time Regulations 1998

(1)

Subject to regulation 3, the Working Time Regulations 1998^f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “worker employed in agriculture”, omit the words “the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 or”.

(3)

In regulation 13(4), after the word “agriculture”, in both places occurring, insert “in Scotland”.

(4)

In regulation 15(6), after the word “agriculture”, in both places occurring, insert “in Scotland”.

(5)

In regulation 43—

(a)

for the heading, substitute “Workers employed in agriculture in Scotland”;

(b)

after “agriculture”, insert “in Scotland”.

(6)

In Schedule 2—

(a)

in the heading, after “Agriculture”, insert “in Scotland”;

(b)

in paragraph 1, after the word “agriculture”, in each place occurring, insert “in Scotland”;

(c)

in paragraph 2(a)—

(i)

omit the words “neither section 11 of the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 nor”, and

(ii)

after the words “1949 shall”, insert “not”;

(d)

in paragraph 3, omit the words “section 3 of the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 or”.

Annotations

f1: S.I. 1998/1833; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2001/3256 and 2007/2079.