{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/39",
  "legislation_title": "National Minimum Wage Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-act-1998",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Prisoners.",
  "text": "(1) A prisoner does not qualify for the national minimum wage in respect of any work which he does in pursuance of prison rules.\n(2) In this section—\n“prisoner” means a person detained in, or on temporary release from, a prison;\n“prison” includes any other institution to which prison rules apply;\n“prison rules” means—\n(a)in relation to England and Wales, rules made under section 47 of the Prison Act 1952;\n(b)in relation to Scotland, rules made under section 39 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989; and\n(c)in relation to Northern Ireland, rules made under section 13 of the Prison Act Northern Ireland) 1953.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1952 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1989 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1953 c. 18 (N.I.)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/10",
      "affecting_title": "Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/39/section/45",
    "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."
}