The Working Time (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013
S.I. 2013/2228 · Made 3 September 2013 · Extends to United Kingdom
Agricultural Employment, England
Terms And Condition Of Employment, England
Made 3rd September 2013
Laid before Parliament 6th September 2013
Coming into force 1st October 2013
The Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f1 in relation to measures relating to the organisation of working timef2, in exercise of the powers conferred by that provision, makes the following Regulations:
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1972 c. 68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).
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Contents
- 1Citation, commencement and application
- 2Amendment of the Working Time Regulations 1998
- 3Saving provision
- Signature
- Explanatory note
1Citation, commencement and application
These Regulations may be cited as the Working Time (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2013.
These Regulations come into force on 1st October 2013.
These Regulations apply in England only.
2Amendment of the Working Time Regulations 1998
Subject to regulation 3, the Working Time Regulations 1998f1 are amended as follows.
In regulation 13(4), after the word “agriculture”, in both places occurring, insert “in Wales or Scotland”.
In regulation 15(6), after the word “agriculture”, in both places occurring, insert “in Wales or Scotland”.
In regulation 43—
for the heading, substitute “Workers employed in agriculture in Wales or Scotland”;
after “agriculture”, insert “in Wales or Scotland”.
In Schedule 2—
in the heading, after “Agriculture”, insert “in Wales or Scotland”;
in paragraph 1, after the word “agriculture”, in each place occurring, insert “in Wales or Scotland”.
3Saving provision
Nothing in these Regulations applies to a worker employed in agriculture in England in relation to that employment if—
that employment commenced before 1st October 2013, and
the worker remains so employed under that employment.
In this regulation—
“worker”, “employment” and “employed” have the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Working Time Regulations 1998;
“worker employed in agriculture” has the same meaning as in that regulation as in force immediately before 1st October 2013.
Signature
David Heath
Minister of State
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
3rd September 2013
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend provisions in the Working Time Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1833), which implement Directive 2003/88/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time (OJ No. L 299, 18.11.2003, p. 9), relating to the administration of annual leave in their application to workers employed in agriculture in England.
Regulation 2 has the effect that the provisions in Schedule 2 for a worker employed in agriculture in England in relation to the date on which the worker’s leave year begins (regulation 13(4)) and notice of leave year (regulation 15(6)) no longer apply.
Regulation 3 provides a saving in relation to the employment of a worker employed in agriculture in England before 1st October 2013 the effect of which is that those same provisions continue to apply on and after that date in relation to that employment.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.