The Agricultural Wages Act 1948 (11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 47) was a UK Act of Parliament under which the Agricultural Wages Board regulated the amount that farm workers were paid, in order to guarantee a fair minimum wage scale, depending, for example, on type of work, or years of experience. After the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 was introduced, agricultural wages tended to be slightly higher than those at the minimum. However, the Conservative-Liberal-Democrat coalition government decided to allow farm worker wages to be reduced by repealing most of the 1948 Act in the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013. This did not affect Scotland.
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to Consolidate the Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Acts, 1924 to 1947, and so much of the Holidays with Pay-Act, 1938, as enables a wage regulating authority to make provision for holidays and holiday remuneration for workers employed in agriculture in England and Wales. |
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| Citation | 11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 47 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 13 July 1948 |
| Other legislation | |
| Amends | Holidays with Pay Act 1938 |
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| Amended by | Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Text of the Agricultural Wages Act 1948 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |