SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Work: exceptions

Part 2Exceptions relating to age

The national minimum wage: apprentices

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1

It is not an age contravention for a person to pay an apprentice who does not qualify for the national minimum wage at a lower rate than the person pays an apprentice who does.

2

An apprentice is a person who—

a

is employed under a contract of apprenticeship, or

b

as a result of provision made by virtue of section 3(2)(a) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (persons not qualifying), is treated as employed under a contract of apprenticeship.