S.I. No. 318/1976 - Employment Agency Regulations, 1976.

S.I. No. 318 of 1976.

EMPLOYMENT AGENCY REGULATIONS, 1976.

I, MICHAEL O'LEARY, Minister for Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 1 and 8 of the Employment Agency Act, 1971 (No. 27 of 1971), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. The Regulations may be cited as the Employment Agency Regulations, 1976.

2. In these Regulations " the Principal Regulations " means the Employment Agency Regulations, 1972 ( S.I. No. 255 of 1972 ).

3. The Principal Regulations and these Regulations may be cited together as the Employment Agency Regulations, 1972 and 1976.

4. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st February, 1977.

5. Regulation 5 of the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of "£100" for "£5" in paragraph (b), and that Regulation as so amended is set out in the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE.

Every application for a licence under section 3 of the Act shall—

( a ) be in the form contained in Schedule 2 of these Regulations;

( b ) be accompanied by a fee of £100, and

( c ) contain the particulars indicated in the form contained in that Schedule.

6. Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is hereby amended by the insertion after "residing" of "/carrying on business"* and by the insertion at the end of the Schedule of the following: "*Strike out whichever is inapplicable.", and that Schedule as so amended is set out in the Table to this Regulation.

TABLE.

SCHEDULE 1.

Employment Agency Act, 1971 .

NOTICE of intention to apply to the Minister for Labour for a licence under the above Act.

I/We *............................................................ ............................................. residing/carrying

on business at *............................................................ ........................................................

............................................................ ............................................................ ..................

hereby give notice of intention to apply for a licence under the above Act to carry on the business of an employment agency at the premises specified below:

............................................................ ............................................................ .................

*Strike out whichever is inapplicable.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of December, 1976.

MICHAEL O'LEARY,

Minister for Labour.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of this Regulation is to increase the fee for an employment agency licence to £100.