(1) Where an application is made for the grant or renewal of an employment permit in respect of the employment of a foreign national as a non-consultant hospital doctor -

(a) the application shall be made by the person proposing to employ the foreign national concerned,

(b) the period for which the foreign national concerned may be employed in the State pursuant to an employment permit granted or renewed in respect of such an application shall be a period of 2 years, and

(c) an employment permit referred to in paragraph (b) shall operate to permit the employment in the State of the foreign national concerned as a non-consultant hospital doctor by -

(i) the person who made the application, or

(ii) any other person who has made a notification to the Minister under subsection (2).

(2) Where, during the period for which an employment permit referred to in subsection (1)(b) is in force -