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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/schedule-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2574",
  "legislation_title": "The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST APRIL 1999",
  "text": "Provision\nSubject Matter of Provision\nSection 1, in so far as it is not already in force\nWorkers to be paid at least the national minimum wage\nSection 10\nWorker’s right of access to records\nSection 11\nFailure of employer to allow access to records\nSection 12, in so far as it is not already in force\nEmployer to provide worker with national minimum wage statement\nSection 14\nPowers of officers\nSection 15\nInformation obtained by officers\nSection 16\nInformation obtained by agricultural wages officers\nSection 17\nNon-compliance: worker entitled to additional remuneration\nSection 18\nEnforcement in the case of special classes of worker\nSection 19\nPower of officer to issue enforcement notice\nSection 20\nNon-compliance: power of officer to sue on behalf of worker\nSection 21, in so far as it is not already in force\nFinancial penalty for non-compliance\nSection 22\nAppeals against penalty notices\nSection 27\nTribunal hearings etc by chairman alone\nSection 28\nReversal of the burden of proof\nSection 30, in so far as it is not already in force\nConciliation\nSection 31\nOffences\nSection 32\nOffences by bodies corporate etc\nSection 33\nProceedings for offences",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2574/schedule/2",
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  },
  "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."
}