The Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 30) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments related to agricultural wages in Scotland.
The act established the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.
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Repealed enactments Section 18 of the act repealed 3 enactments, listed in the fourth schedule to the act. Citation Short title Extent of repeal 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. 53 Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Scotland) Act 1937 The whole act. 1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70 Holidays with Pay Act 1938 Sections one, two, three and five so far as they relate to workers employed in agriculture. 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 15 Agricultural Wages (Regulation) Act 1947 The whole act.
Subsequent developments The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1972 abolished Scottish agricultural wages committees, repealing sections 2 and 8 of, and the second schedule to, the act.
The Employment Protection Act 1975 modified the functions of the Scottish Agricultural Wages Board.
The National Minimum Wage Act 1998 introduced provisions linking the act to the national minimum wage framework, including the insertion of section 17A, which governs the relationship between the act and the National Minimum Wage Act 1998.
The Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024 substituted section 13 of the act, relating to annual reporting requirements, with effect from 16 June 2025.
See also Agricultural Wages Act 1948 Agricultural Wages (Regulation) (Scotland) Act 1937 Scottish Agricultural Wages Board
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