The Posted Workers (Agency Workers) Regulations 2020

Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 384

Terms And Conditions Of Employment

The Posted Workers (Agency Workers) Regulations 2020

Made

30th March 2020

Laid before Parliament

31st March 2020

Coming into force

30th July 2020

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) in relation to employment rights and duties(2).

The Secretary of State and the Lord Chancellor, acting jointly, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 18(8) and (9) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996(3) and section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, make the following Regulations.

(1)

1972 c.68. The European Communities Act 1972 was repealed by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16) with effect from exit day, but saved with modifications until IP completion day by section 1A of that Act (as inserted by section 1 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1). Section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 was amended by section 27(1) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7).

(2)

Article 2 of, and the Schedule to, the European Communities (Designation) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/738).

(3)

1996 c. 17; by virtue of section 1 of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) industrial tribunals were renamed employment tribunals and references to “industrial tribunal” in any enactment were substituted with “employment tribunal”. Section 18(8) was amended by the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), Schedule 8, paragraphs 35 and 38, and the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), section 9; section 18(9) was inserted by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, section 9.