(1) An enterprise development agency may make a recommendation in writing to the Minister in respect of an application for -

(a) the grant of an employment permit, or

(b) the renewal of an employment permit referred to in section 39(4),

that the employment permit that is the subject of the application be granted or renewed, as the case may be, in respect of the employment concerned and to the foreign national concerned.

(2) The Minister shall have regard to a recommendation referred to in subsection (1).

(3) Nothing in subsection (2) shall be construed as requiring the Minister to grant or renew an employment permit on foot of a recommendation referred to in subsection (1).