Employment Permits Act 2006

Consideration by Minister of application for employment permit.

11.— (1) In considering an application for an employment permit, the Minister shall have regard to—

(a) the extent to which a decision to grant the permit would be consistent with economic policy for the time being of the Government,

(b) whether the skills or qualifications specified to be required for the employment to which the application relates, that is to say, specified to be so required by—

(i) the applicant, or

(ii) in the case of an application by a foreign national, the person who has made the offer referred to in section 4 (3) to the foreign national,

are necessary for, or relevant to, that employment,

(c) such of the other matters referred to in section 6 or, as the case may be, section 7 as are relevant to the application, and

(d) if any of paragraphs (a) to (j) of section 12 (1) fall to be applied in relation to the application, any matters that, in the opinion of the Minister, are material to the application of such a paragraph or paragraphs.

(2) In considering an application for an employment permit, the Minister may take such steps as he or she considers necessary to establish the accuracy or authenticity of the information provided in respect of the application.

(3) This section is subject to the provisions of any regulations under section 14 that apply in relation to the application concerned.

(4) Accordingly, nothing in this section authorises the Minister to make a decision on an application for a grant of an employment permit which he or she would not be authorised to make by reason of the operation of those regulations.