The National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004
These Regulations, which amend the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (“the principal regulations”) and come into force on 1st October 2004, increase the minimum hourly rate of the national minimum wage from £4.50 to £4.85. They also increase the rate to be paid to those (including workers aged between 18 and 21) who qualify for the national minimum wage at a different rate, from £3.80 to £4.10. In addition, the Regulations provide, for the first time, that workers aged below 18 who have ceased to be of compulsory school age qualify for the national minimum wage. The Regulations set an hourly rate of £3.00 for such workers.