NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL STANDARD ġ S.L.452.71 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 452.71
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL 
STANDARD ORDER
LEGAL NOTICES 126 of 1992, 180 of 1993, 186 of 1994, 189 of 1995, 7
of 1997, 224 of 1997, 272 of 1998, 220 of 1999, 265 of 2000, 307 of 2001,
378 of 2002 and 418 of 2003, consolidated.
Title.
Standard Order.
National minimum 
wage.
2. The national minimum wage per week related to a normal
working week shall be as specified in the Schedule to this Order: 
Provided that part-time employees shall be paid  pro rata  at
an hourly rate not below the national minimum wage as determined
in accordance with the Schedule to this Order and divided by forty.
Wages Council 
Wage Regulation 
Orders.
Cap. 452.
3. Where any Wages Council Wage Regulation Order applies
to any employee, the wages payable to such employee shall not be
less than those laid down by such Wages Council Wage Regulation
Order, adjusted for cost of living by successive increases of wages
declared to be generally applicable to all whole-time employees in
terms of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, or by any
successive wage increases for cost of living laid down by any
National Standard Order.
SCHEDULE
National Minimum Wage
Effective from 1st January, 1993: per week
age 18 and over Lm36.63c
age 17 years Lm33.72c
under 17 years Lm32.49c
Effective from 1st January, 1994: per week
age 18 and over Lm38.13c
age 17 years Lm35.22c
under 17 years Lm34.00c
Effective from 1st January, 1995: per week
age 18 and over Lm40.38c
age 17 years Lm37.47c
under 17 years Lm36.25c
Effective from 1st January, 1996: per week
2 ġ S.L.452.71 NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL STANDARD
age 18 and over Lm42.38c
age 17 years Lm39.47c
under 17 years Lm38.25c
Effective from 1st January, 1997: per week
age 18 and over Lm43.88c
age 17 years Lm40.97c
under 17 years Lm39.75c
Effective from 1st April, 1997: per week
age 18 and over Lm44.13c
age 17 years Lm41.22c
under 17 years Lm40.00c
Effective from 1st January, 1998: per week
age 18 and over Lm45.63c
age 17 years Lm42.72c
under 17 years Lm41.50c
Effective from 1st January, 1999: per week
age 18 and over Lm47.38c
age 17 years Lm44.47c
under 17 years Lm43.25c
Effective from 1st January, 2000: per week
age 18 and over Lm48.38c
age 17 years Lm45.47c
under 17 years Lm44.25c
Effective from 1st January, 2001: per week
age 18 and over Lm49.88c
age 17 years Lm46.97c
under 17 years Lm45.75c
Effective from 1st January, 2002: per week
age 18 and over Lm51.38c
age 17 years Lm48.47c
under 17 years Lm47.25c
Effective from 1st January, 2003: per week
age 18 and over Lm53.13c
age 17 years Lm50.22c
NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE NATIONAL STANDARD ġ S.L.452.71 3
under 17 years Lm49.00c
Effective from 1st January, 2004: per week
age 18 and over Lm53.88c
age 17 years Lm50.97c
under 17 years Lm49.75c
