The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (Amendment) Regulations 1999
These Regulations amend section 3 of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (“the Act”) by adding a new subsection (1A). Section 3 permits the Secretary of State to prevent persons who have not attained the age of 26 from qualifying for the national minimum wage or to prescribe a different hourly rate, from that of the single hourly rate of the national minimum wage, which is to apply to them.