- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 7 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 6 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Employer6
Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
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What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.art003
General restrictions on deductions made, or payments received, by employers
Regulated
- Only deduct from wages or accept payments with written permission or legal authorityEmployer
s.art005
Payments by workers in retail employment on account of cash shortages, etc.
Regulated
- Follow written notice and demand procedure for retail worker cash shortage paymentsEmployer
s.art006
Provisions supplementary to Articles 4 and 5
Regulated
- Do not sue retail workers for cash shortages after the Article 5 deadline without prior demandEmployer
s.art007
Complaints to industrial tribunals in respect of unauthorised deductions, etc.
Regulated
- Pay workers correctly and face tribunal claims for unauthorised deductionsEmployer
s.art017
Effect and enforcement of wages orders
Prosecution
- Fail to pay worker statutory minimum remunerationEmployer
Fine up to £1,000
s.art020
Obligation to keep records, etc.
Regulated
- Keep payroll and accommodation deduction records for 3 yearsEmployer
21 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001
Title and commencement
s.art002
Interpretation
s.art004
Deductions from wages of workers in retail employment on account of cash shortages,
s.art008
Supplementary provisions relating to complaints
s.art009
Meaning of “wages”
s.art010
General interpretation of part II
s.art011
Crown employment
s.art012
Repeal of Truck Acts (Northern Ireland) 1831 to 1940, etc.
s.art013
Continued existence of wages councils after repeal of Wages Councils (Northern Ireland) Order 1982
s.art014
Abolition, or variation of scope of operation, of wages councils
s.art015
Wages orders
s.art016
Application of wages orders to piece workers
s.art018
Computation of remuneration
s.art019
Apportionment of remuneration
s.art021
Officers
s.art022
Offences in connection with enforcement of part III
s.art023
Application of part III to superior employers: liability of employers and others in respect of offences
s.art024
Regulations and orders made by Department under part III
s.art025
Interpretation of part III
s.art026
Excluded employments
s.art027
Amendments, repeals, transitional provisions and savings
Schedules
Schedules
1 of 31 shown
s.sch002
(1) Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) and (5), the persons appointed...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department must ensure small business representation on wages councilsCrown / Minister / Government department
30 other schedules
s.sch002
A wages council shall consist of— (a) such numbers of...
s.sch002
Of the independent persons appointed under paragraph 1(b) one shall...
s.sch002
The Department may appoint a secretary for a wages council...
s.sch002
The proceedings of a wages council shall not be invalidated...
s.sch002
(1) A wages council may delegate any of its functions,...
s.sch002
The Department may make regulations as to the meetings and...
s.sch002
(1) A member of a wages council shall hold and...
s.sch002
The Department may pay— (a) to the members of a...
s.sch003
(1) Before making an order under Article 15 a wages...
s.sch003
As soon as a wages council has made an order...
s.sch003
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), any such order shall come...
s.sch003
A document purporting to be a copy of an order...
s.sch004
In section 2 (register of times of descent and ascent),...
s.sch004
In section 8 (application of Act, etc.), for subsection (1)...
s.sch004
In section 81(1) for “the Wages Councils (Northern Ireland) Order...
s.sch004
In section 161(2) (application of that Act to certain statutory...
s.sch004
In part III of Schedule 1 (other disqualifying offices), for...
s.sch004
In Article 62(1) (general provisions as to conciliation) after subparagraph...
s.sch004
In Article 8(2) (exemption orders), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—
s.sch004
In part I of Schedule 1 (deductions under attachment of...
s.sch004
In Article 102(10) (deductions under attachment of earnings order) for...
s.sch006
Any appointment of a member or officer of a wages...
s.sch006
Any appointment of an officer made under Article 17 of...
s.sch006
(1) The following provisions of this paragraph shall apply to...
s.sch006
Without prejudice to section 16 of the Interpretation Act (Northern...
s.sch006
(1) Where at any time during the period of two...
s.sch006
(1) The repeal of the 1982 Order by this Order...
s.sch006
Paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 shall not affect the operation...
s.sch006
Any reference to a trade board in any statutory provision...
s.sch006
In this Schedule— “the commencement date” means the date on...
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