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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which come into force on 1st June 2000, increase the minimum hourly rate of the national minimum wage applying to young workers who have reached 18 but are not yet 22 from £3.00 to £3.20.

The Regulations contain a transitional provision having the effect that the increased rate applies in relation to all pay reference periods beginning on or after 1st June 2000.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment of the costs and benefits that these Regulations would have is available to the public from Employment Relations 5C, Department of Trade and Industry, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET.