(1) This section applies to an application for an employment permit in respect of the purpose specified in section 3A(2)(c) or 3A(2)(e).
(2) Subject to subsections (6) and (7), the Minister shall not grant an employment permit referred to in subsection (1) unless the Minister is satisfied that a notice of the offer of the employment that is the subject of the application has been published in accordance with this section before the application referred to in subsection (1) is made and the application is made within the period referred to in subsection (5).
(3) Where an application referred to in subsection (1) is made -
(a) the person who makes the offer of employment concerned, or
(b) in the case of an application under section 4(2)(a), the contractor,
shall satisfy the Minister that he or she has, before making the application, offered the employment in respect of which the application is made to -
(ii) a foreign national referred to in any of paragraphs (a) to (d)
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