The Working Time Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Regulations 15(3), 18(6) and 52

SCHEDULE 2 Workers Employed in Agriculture

1.  Except where, in the case of a worker partly employed in agriculture, different provision is made by a relevant agreement—

(a) for the purposes of regulation 15 and regulation 16, the leave year of a worker employed in agriculture begins on 6th April each year or such other date as may be specified in an agricultural wages order which applies to that worker; and

(b) the dates on which leave is taken by a worker employed in agriculture shall be determined in accordance with an agricultural wages order which applies to that worker.

2.  Where, in the case referred to in paragraph 1, a relevant agreement makes provision different from sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of that paragraph—

(a) Article 9(10) of the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 shall not apply to that provision; and

(b) an employer giving effect to that provision shall not thereby be taken to have failed to comply with the requirements of an agricultural wages order.

3.  In this Schedule, “an agricultural wages order” means an order under Article 4 or 8 of the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977.