S.I. No. 96/2000 - National Minimum Wage Act, 2000 (Commencement) Order, 2000

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.

Given under my Official Seal, this 31st day of March, 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 appoints the 1st day of April, 2000 as the day on which the

National Minimum Wage Act, 2000

comes into operation.

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