(1) Where an intra-company transfer employment permit is granted to a foreign national, without prejudice to any other requirement under this Act or to the employment outside the State of the foreign national -

(a) notwithstanding that the remuneration, in so far as it relates to salary is to be paid by the foreign employer, it shall be a condition of the grant of the employment permit that, in respect of the remuneration, in so far as it relates to the salary to be paid to the foreign national by the foreign employer for the period for which the employment permit is granted, the hourly rate of that salary shall be not less than the national minimum hourly rate of pay or, where appropriate to the employment in respect of which the application is made, the hourly rate referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of "standard working week remuneration",

(b) in respect of the payment of the remuneration to the foreign national in so far as it relates to -

(i) board and accommodation, or either of them, the payment may be made by the foreign employer and the connected person or by either of them, and