1. In respect of the period of 12 months beginning on the commencement of this Schedule, subsection (1) of section 15 shall have effect as if in that subsection there were substituted for "an average of 48 hours, that is to say an average of 48 hours", "an average of 48 hours or, if the conditions specified in paragraph 3 of the Fifth Schedule are fulfilled, an average of 60 hours, that is to say an average of 48 or, as the case may be, 60 hours", and the said subsection (1) (other than paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) thereof) as it has effect in respect of the said period, by virtue of this paragraph, is set out in the Table to this paragraph.
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(1) An employer shall not permit an employee to work, in each period of 7 days, more than an average of 48 hours or, if the conditions specified in paragraph 3 of the Fifth Schedule are fulfilled, an average of 60 hours, that is to say an average of 48 or, as the case may be, 60 hours calculated over a period (hereafter in this
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