Clause 21
Employment Bill [Lords]
2:00 pm
Martin Caton (Gower, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: Government amendment No. 21.
Government new clause 8—Employment agencies and national minimum wage legislation: information-sharing.
New clause 3—Exchange of information between National Minimum Wage and Employment Agency Standards Inspectors—
‘(1) After section 9(4)(a)(iv) of the Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35) there is inserted—
“(v) to a National Minimum Wage inspector of HM Revenue and Customs for the purposes of the exercise of their respective enforcement functions under the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39).”.
(2) After section 15(4)(b) of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39) there is inserted—
“(c) may be supplied by, or with the authorisation of, the Secretary of State to an inspector of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate for the purposes of the exercise of their respective enforcement functions under the Employment Agencies Act 1973.”’.