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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to provide for the Regulation of Wages of Workers in Agriculture, and for purposes incidental thereto. |
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| Citation | 14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 37 |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 7 August 1924 |
| Other legislation | |
| Repealed by | Agricultural Wages Act 1948 |
Status: Repealed | |
TheAgricultural Wages (Regulation) Act 1924 (14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. 37) was anact of Parliament in theUnited Kingdom passed in 1924 by theminority Labour Government.
It was the first attempt since the ill-fatedAgriculture Act 1920 to establishminimum wages for farm labourers. These wages were to be controlled by county wage committees, allowing wages to be set on a local level rather than a single national scale.
These county committees were independent of central government, and some set very low minimums, but the level of pay did slowly improve. An early draft of the bill had theMinister of Agriculture power to override the decisions of the county committees if they made decisions he felt unfair, but this clause was struck out by the Liberals before the bill was passed.
The law was repealed by theAgricultural Wages Act 1948.
