71.Subsection (1) of section 11 provides that offences under section 31 of NMWA 1998 may be triable as indictable offences. At present, these offences are only triable as summary offences; in future they will be triable either way. Subsection (2) contains consequential repeals.
72.Subsection (3) provides that the amendments in section 11 do not have effect in relation to the AMW in Scotland and Northern Ireland.