Payment of Wages Act, 1991

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No. 25/1991:

PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1991

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1. Interpretation.

2. Modes of payment of wages.

3. Repeal of Truck Acts, 1831 to 1896, and related enactments.

4. Statements of wages and deductions from wages.

5. Regulation of certain deductions made and payments received by employers.

6. Complaints by employees in relation to contraventions of section 5 by their employers.

7. Appeal from decision of rights commissioner.

8. Enforcement of decisions of rights commissioner and determinations of Tribunal.

9. Powers of authorised officers.

10. Provisions in relation to offences.

11. Voidance of certain provisions in agreements.

12. Laying of regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.

13. Expenses of Minister.

14. Short title and commencement.

SCHEDULE

ENACTMENTS REPEALED

ACTS REFERRED TO

Bills of Exchange Act, 1882	1882,c. 61
Central Bank Act, 1971	1971, No. 24
Civil Service Regulation Act, 1956	1956, No. 46
County Works (Ireland) Act, 1846	1846, c. 2
Hosiery Manufacture (Wages) Act, 1874	1874, c. 48
Industrial Relations Act, 1990	1990, No. 19
Local Government Act, 1941	1941, No. 23
Payment of Wages Act, 1979	1979, No. 40
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851	1851, c. 93
Redundancy Payments Act, 1967	1967, No. 21
Truck Act, 1743	1743, c. 8
Truck Act, 1831	1831, c. 37
Truck Act, 1896	1896, c. 44
Truck Amendment Act, 1887	1887, c. 46
Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1989	1989, No. 21

Number 25 of 1991

PAYMENT OF WAGES ACT, 1991

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FURTHER PROTECTION FOR EMPLOYEES IN RELATION TO THE PAYMENT OF WAGES, TO FACILITATE THE PAYMENT OF WAGES OTHERWISE THAN IN CASH, FOR THAT PURPOSE TO REPEAL THE TRUCK ACTS, 1831 TO 1896, AND RELATED ENACTMENTS AND TO PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS.

[23rd July, 1991]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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Payment of Wages Act, 1991