STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

S.I. No. 96 of 2000

National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (Commencement) Order, 2000

S.I. No. 96 of 2000

National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (Commencement) Order, 2000

I, Mary Harney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 1(2) of the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (No. 5 of 2000) , hereby order as follows:

1.       This Order may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (Commencement) Order, 2000.

2.       The 1st day of April, 2000 is hereby appointed as the day on which the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (No. 5 of 2000) shall come into operation.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

This Order appoints the 1st day of April, 2000 as the day on which the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 comes into operation.