National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Amendments relating to remuneration etc of agricultural workers

Part III U.K. The Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1977

Information obtained by national minimum wage officers U.K.

27 U.K. After Article 11 there shall be inserted—

“11A Information obtained by national minimum wage officers.

(1) This Article applies to information which has been obtained by an officer acting for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.

(2) This Article does not apply to any information to the extent that the information relates to any failure to allow holidays in accordance with Article 8.

(3) Information to which this Article applies may, with the authority of the Secretary of State, be supplied to the Department for use for any purpose relating to this Order.

(4) Information supplied under paragraph (3) shall not be supplied by the recipient to any other person or body unless—

(a) it could be supplied to that person or body under that paragraph; or

(b) it is supplied for the purposes of any civil or criminal proceedings relating to this Order;

and shall not be supplied in those circumstances without the authority of the Secretary of State.

(5) This Article does not limit the circumstances in which information may be supplied or used apart from this Article.”