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Offences.
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6.—(1) (a) If an agricultural employer fails to allow holidays to an agricultural worker in accordance with this Act he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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(b) It shall be a good defence to a prosecution under this subsection for the employer to prove that he was rendered unable to allow the holidays by reason of the termination of the worker's employment in circumstances which he could not reasonably have anticipated.
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(2) (a) If an agricultural employer fails to pay holiday remuneration to an agricultural worker in accordance with this Act he shall be guilty of an offence under this subsection and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
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(b) In any proceedings against a person under this subsection it shall lie with such person to prove that he has paid holiday remuneration at not less than the appropriate minimum rate.
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