{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998/section-33",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998/section-33.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/39",
  "legislation_title": "National Minimum Wage Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998",
  "path": "section/33",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Proceedings for offences.",
  "text": "(1) The persons who may conduct proceedings for an offence under this Act—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) in Northern Ireland, before a court of summary jurisdiction,\nshall include any person authorised for the purpose by the Secretary of State even if that person is not a barrister or solicitor.\n(1A) The persons who may conduct proceedings for an offence under this Act in England and Wales, before a magistrates' court, shall include any person authorised for the purpose by the Secretary of State.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 33(1)(a) repealed (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 125(a), Sch. 23 (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)(i)(ix)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 33(1A) inserted (1.1.2010) by Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29), s. 211(2), Sch. 21 para. 125(b) (with ss. 29, 192, 193); S.I. 2009/3250, art. 2(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 33(2)-(5) repealed (6.4.2009) by Employment Act 2008 (c. 24), ss. 11(2), 22(1)(c), Sch. Pt. 4 (with s. 11(3)); S.I. 2009/603, art. 2 (with art. 3, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 33 modified by 1948 c. 47, s. 3A(1)-(4) (as inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 39, ss. 47(1)(a), 56(2), Sch. 2 Pt. I, para. 3 (with s. 36); S.I. 1999/685, art. 2, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 33 extended (with modifications) by S.I. 1977/2151 (N.I. 22), art. 8A (as inserted (1.4.1999) by 1998 c. 39, ss. 47(1)(c), 56(2), Sch. 2 Pt. III, para. 26 (with s. 36); S.I. 1999/685, art. 2, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 33 applied (with modifications) (30.7.2014) by Agricultural Sector (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw 6), ss. 5(1)(2)(l)(3)-(7), 19 (with s. 14(1))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/39/section/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:20.745698+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."
}