Employment Permits Act 2024 (No. 17)

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Published date: 25 June 2024

Employment Permits Act 2024 (No. 17)

	Introductory Text
	Acts Referred to
	Part 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-6)
	1. Short title and commencement
	2. Interpretation
	3. Definition of "remuneration"
	4. Regulations
	5. Expenses
	6. Repeals and revocations
	Part 2 Employment in State of Foreign Nationals (ss. 7-46)
	Chapter 1 Prohibition on employment in State without employment permit (ss. 7-8)
	7. Employment in State of foreign nationals
	8. Non-application of section 7 to certain foreign nationals
	Chapter 2 Purposes for which employment permits may be granted (s. 9)
	9. Purposes for which employment permit may be granted
	Chapter 3 Approved seasonal employer (ss. 10-11)
	10. Application for approval as approved seasonal employer
	11. Refusal to approve person as approved seasonal employer
	Chapter 4 Application for employment permit (ss. 12-18)
	12. Application for employment permit
	13. Application - information to be provided
	14. Foreign nationals who may apply for dependant employment permit
	15. Amendment by Minister of application
	16. Recommendation by enterprise development agency
	17. Consultation by Minister in respect of certain applications
	18. Consideration by Minister of application
	Chapter 5 Grant of employment permit (ss. 19-31)
	19. Grant of employment permit by Minister
	20. Cancellation of previous employment permit still in force
	21. Issue of employment permit, information to be specified in permit, etc.
	22. Restriction on grant of employment permit
	23. Establishing need for grant of certain employment permits
	24. Conditions of grant of intra-company transfer employment permit
	25. Conditions of grant of contract for service employment permit
	26. Change of ownership of business: change to name of employer, connected person or relevant person
	27. Change of employer: application and approval of change
	28. Change of employer: refusal to approve change
	29. Change of approved seasonal employer: application and approval of change
	30. Change of approved seasonal employer: refusal to approve change
	31. Employment of non-consultant hospital doctors
	Chapter 6 Refusal to grant employment permit (ss. 32-35)
	32. Mandatory grounds for refusal of employment permit
	33. Discretionary grounds for refusal of employment permit
	34. Notification of refusal and return of fee
	35. Review of decision to refuse grant of employment permit
	Chapter 7 Renewal of employment permit (ss. 36-39)
	36. Renewal of employment permit
	37. Period for which employment permit may be renewed
	38. Application of certain sections to renewal of employment permit
	39. Additional grounds for refusing renewal of employment permit
	Chapter 8 Cessation of employment permit (ss. 40-43)
	40. Revocation of employment permit
	41. Review of decision to revoke employment permit
	42. Order under section 3 or 4 of Immigration Act 1999
	43. Termination of employment
	Chapter 9 Redundancy of certain permit holders (ss. 44-46)
	44. Redundancy of critical skills employment permit holder
	45. Redundancy of general employment permit holder
	46. Information, documents, supplementary provisions relating to redundancy
	Part 3 Regulations Relating to Employment Permits (ss. 47-50)
	47. Regulations governing grant of employment permit, etc.
	48. Remuneration relating to employments
	49. Criteria for making regulations under section 47
	50. Regulations governing procedure in relation to applications for employment permits, etc.
	Part 4 Enforcement, Offences and Penalties (ss. 51-63)
	51. Authorised officers
	52. Warrant relating to offences under section 7(6)
	53. Prohibition on forgery, fraudulent alteration or fraudulent use of employment permit
	54. Prohibition on certain use of employment permit
	55. Prohibition on deduction from remuneration and retention of personal documents
	56. Provision of false or misleading information
	57. Penalties and proceedings
	58. Offences by body corporate
	59. Civil proceedings
	60. Prohibition on penalisation
	61. Presumption of employment in certain proceedings
	62. Presumptions in proceedings under Act
	63. Retention of records
	Part 5 Miscellaneous (ss. 64-68)
	64. Register of employment permits
	65. Service of notices
	66. Notification of change of address
	67. Delegation of functions
	68. Data exchange
	Part 6 Transitional Provisions (ss. 69-75)
	69. Definition (Part 6)
	70. Continuation in force of employment permits granted under Act of 2006
	71. Applications for grant or renewal of employment permits under Act of 2006
	72. Renewal of employment permits granted under Act of 2006
	73. Review of refusal under section 12 of Act of 2006
	74. Review of revocation under section 16 of Act of 2006
	75. Additional transitional provisions
	Part 7 Consequential Amendments (ss. 76-78)
	76. Amendment of section 17(2) of Employment Equality Act 1998
	77. Amendment of Immigration Act 2004
	78. Amendment of Workplace Relations Act 2015
	Schedule 1 Enactments offences under which fall within sections 33(1)(c) and 40(1)(b)
	Schedule 2 Redress for contravention of section 60(3)