S.I. No. 201/2000 - National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) (No. 2) Order, 2000

1. This Order may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) (No. 2) Order, 2000.

2. On 1 July 2001 Article 2 of the

National Minimum Wage Act, 2000

(National Minimum Hourly Rate of Pay) Order, 2000 (

S.I. No. 95 of 2000

), shall stand revoked.

3. Subject to Article 4 of this Order, on and from 1 July 2001 the national minimum hourly rate of pay is £4.70.

4. On and from 1 October 2002 the national minimum hourly rate of pay is £5.00.

Given under my Official Seal, this 30th day of June, 2000.

Mary Harney

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Explanatory Note

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

This Order sets the national minimum hourly rate of pay from 1 July 2001 at £4.70 and from 1 October 2002 at £5.00.

I, Mary Harney, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in exercise of the power conferred on me by

section 11

of the

National Minimum Wage Act, 2000

(No. 5 of 2000), having taken into account the impact the following national minimum hourly rates of pay may have on employment, the overall economic conditions in the State and national competitiveness, and in accordance with section 12 of that Act, hereby order as follows