Legal Services Act 2007 (c. 29)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21 E+W+S Minor and consequential amendments

National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39) E+W+S

124 E+W+S The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 125 and 126.

125 E+W+S In section 33 (proceedings for offences)—

(a) in subsection (1) omit paragraph (a), and

(b) after that subsection insert—

“(1A) The persons who may conduct proceedings for an offence under this Act in England and Wales, before a magistrates' court, shall include any person authorised for the purpose by the Secretary of State.”

126 E+W+S In section 49 (restrictions on contracting out) for subsection (7)(a) substitute—

“(a) as regards England and Wales, a person who, for the purposes of the Legal Services Act 2007, is an authorised person in relation to an activity which constitutes the exercise of a right of audience or the conduct of litigation (within the meaning of that Act);”.