# The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (revoked) S.I. 1999/584 · made 6 March 1999 · revised to 6 April 2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-regulations-1999-revoked/pdf/uksi_19990584_en.pdf ## Introductory text TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT Made 6th March 1999 Coming into force 1st April 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Interpretation ## 2 General interpretative provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 The meaning of time work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 The meaning of salaried hours work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 The meaning of output work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 The meaning of unmeasured work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Travelling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 The meaning of payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Benefits in kind not to count as payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 The pay reference period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: THE RATE OF THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ### The rate and exclusions ## 11 The rate of the national minimum wage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Workers who do not qualify for the national minimum wage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Workers who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Calculation of the hourly rate ## 14 Method of determining whether the national minimum wage has been paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: WORKING TIME FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ### Provisions in relation to working time ## 15 Provisions in relation to time work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Provisions in relation to salaried hours work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Provisions in relation to output work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Provisions in relation to unmeasured work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Time spent on training to be time work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### The hours worked in a pay reference period ## 20 Time work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Salaried hours work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Determining the hours of salaried hours work where the basic hours have been exceeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Determining the hours of salaried hours work in certain cases where the employment terminates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Output work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 “Fair estimate” agreements for output work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Determining the hours of output work where there is a “fair estimate” agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Unmeasured work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 “Daily average” agreements for unmeasured work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Determining the hours of unmeasured work where there is a “daily average” agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: REMUNERATION COUNTING TOWARDS THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ## 30 Payments to the worker to be taken into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Reductions from payments to be taken into account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Deductions to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Deductions not to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Payments made by or due from a worker to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Payments not to be subtracted under regulation 31(1)(h) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Amount permitted to be taken into account where living accommodation is provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Adjusted deductions and payments in respect of living accommodation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: RECORDS ## 38 Records to be kept by an employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/584 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-minimum-wage-regulations-1999-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.