(1)As from the date of the passing of this Act—
(a)a wages council within the meaning of the M1Wages Councils Act 1979 shall not exercise any functions under that Act; and
(b)the following provisions of this section shall apply to any wages order in force on that date under section 14 of that Act (“an existing order”).
(2)An existing order shall, subject to the following provisions of this section, continue in force until whichever is the later of the following times, namely—
(a)the end of the period of six months beginning with the date of the passing of this Act, and
(b)the end of the period of twelve months beginning with the date of the coming into force of the order,
and shall so continue in force notwithstanding the repeal of that Act by section 12 of this Act.
(3)If, before the later of those times, there comes into force an order made under section 14 of this Act by the wages council that made the existing order, the existing order shall cease to have effect at that time.
(4)The Secretary of State may by order—
(a)provide for all or any of the provisions of any existing order to cease to have effect;
(b)restrict the operation of all or any of the provisions of any such order by reference to any matters or circumstances whatever.
(5)As from the date of the passing of this Act nothing in any existing order shall apply to workers under the age of 21.
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