PART 6Exclusions

European Union programmes56.

A worker does not qualify for the national minimum wage for work that is done as a participant in any of the following programmes—

(a)

the second phase of the European Community Leonardo da Vinci programme (established pursuant to Council Decision 99/382/EC42);

(b)

the European Community Leonardo da Vinci programme (established pursuant to Decision No 1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning43);

(c)

the European Community Youth in Action Programme (established pursuant to Decision No 1719/2006/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union44);

(d)

the European Community Erasmus Programme or Comenius Programme (both established pursuant to Decision No 1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning);

(e)

Erasmus+ established pursuant to Regulation (EU) No.1288/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11th December 2013 establishing ‘Erasmus+’: the Union programme for education, training, youth and sport45.