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(2) Subject to subsections (2A) and (2B), an employment permit shall not be granted unless the Minister is satisfied that on the date the application for the employment permit was made 50 per cent or more of the employees of -
(a) the person who has made the offer of employment,
(b) in the case of an application referred to in section 4(2)(a), the contractor or the relevant person concerned,
(c) in the case of an application referred to in section 4(2)(b), the connected person concerned, or
(d) in the case of an application referred to in section 4(2)(c), the person party to the arrangement referred to in that section who made the offer of employment,
are either -
(i) nationals of one or more Member States of the EEA,
(ii) nationals of the Swiss Confederation,
(iia) citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or
(iii) a combination of any of the nationals or citizens referred to in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iia).
(2A) In the case of an applicatio
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