The amendments to the principal regulations made by regulations 3, 5 to 7 and 9 do not apply in relation to any pay reference period (within the meaning assigned to that expression by regulation 10 of the principal regulations) beginning before 1st October 2000.

The amendments to the principal regulations made by regulations 4(1) and (3) apply in relation to a person from whom they remove the entitlement to the national minimum wage with effect from the first day after the end of the pay reference period for that person that includes 30th September 2000.