http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/621/regulation/52The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015enTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENTStatute Law Database2026-04-23Expert Participation2026-04-01 These Regulations remake the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/584) and consolidate the amendments made to those Regulations. The National Minimum Wage Regulations 2015 PART 6521A person who is participating in a trial period of work with an employer for a period of six weeks or less, as part of a scheme which meets the requirements in paragraph (2), does not qualify for the national minimum wage for the work done for that employer in that period.2The requirements are that the scheme—ais designed to provide training, work experience or temporary work, or to assist in the seeking or obtaining of work, andbis, in whole or in part, made or funded by—ithe Secretary of State under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973 , section 17B of the Jobseekers Act 1995 or section 100 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;iithe Scottish Ministers or the Welsh Ministers under section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1973;iii. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .ivScottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise under section 2 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990;vthe Department for Employment and Learning under section 1 of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950; orvithe European Social Fund established under Article 162 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.Reg. 52 in force at 6.4.2015, see reg. 1Reg. 52(2)(b)(i): comma substituted (26.5.2015) by The Deregulation Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/971), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 33(4)(a)(i)Words in reg. 52(2)(b)(i) inserted (26.5.2015) by The Deregulation Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/971), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 33(4)(a)(ii)Reg. 52(2)(b)(iii) omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of The Deregulation Act 2015 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/971), art. 1(2)(a), Sch. 3 para. 33(4)(b)