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Holidays with Pay Act 1938
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Holidays with Pay Act 1938 (1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70) was legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provided for paid holidays for working class employees,[1] and was the result of a twenty-year campaign.[2]
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to enable wage regulating authorities to make provision for holidays and holiday remuneration for workers whose wages they regulate, and to enable the Minister of Labour to assist voluntary schemes for securing holidays with pay for workers in any industry. |
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| Citation | 1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. 70 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 July 1938 |
| Commencement | 29 July 1938[c] |
| Repealed | 22 July 2004 |
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| Repealed by | Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 |
Status: Repealed | |
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| Revised text of statute as amended | |
It led to the popularity of holiday camps such as those run by Butlins[3]
The provisions of the act have largely been replaced by the European Working Time Directive enacted by statutory instrument 1998/1833 - Working Time Regulations 1998.
Subsequent developments
Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the act so far as they relate to workers employed in agriculture were repealed by section 20 of, and the fifth schedule to, the Agricultural Wages Act 1948, which came into force on 13 July 1948.[4]
Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of the act were repealed by section 1(1) of, and part V of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1975, which came into force on 13 March 1975.[5]
The whole act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part 8 of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004, which came into force on 22 July 2004.[6]
Notes
- Section 6(1).
- Section 6(2).
