Part VI Miscellaneous and supplementary provisions

Compliance

148 Use of minimum wage information.

(1)

Information obtained by an officer acting for the purposes of the M1National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) by virtue of section 13(1)(a) or (b) of that Act (officers) may be supplied by or with the authority of the Secretary of State to the Board for the purpose of any of its functions.

F1(2)

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(3)

Information supplied to the Secretary of State under section 16(2) of the 1998 Act (information obtained by agricultural wages officers) may be supplied by the Secretary of State to the Board for the purpose of any of its functions.

(4)

For section 15(6) of the 1998 Act (restrictions on use of information) there shall be substituted—

“(6)

This section—

(a)

does not limit the circumstances in which information may be supplied or used apart from this section; and

(b)

is subject to section 148 of the Finance Act 2000 (use of minimum wage information).”.