Employment Permits Act 2006

Review of decision to revoke permit.

17.— (1) A decision of the Minister to revoke an employment permit, may, in accordance with regulations under section 29 (3), be submitted by the holder of the permit or the employer to the Minister for review under this section.

(2) Such a submission of a decision for review shall be made within 28 days from the date the decision is notified under section 16 (2) to the person.

(3) A review under this section of a decision shall be carried out by an officer of the Minister appointed by the Minister for the purpose; the person so appointed—

(a) shall not be the person who made the decision, and

(b) shall be of a grade senior to the grade of the person who made the decision.

(4) The person so appointed, having afforded the person who submitted the decision for review an opportunity to make representations in writing in relation to the matter, may—

(a) confirm the decision (and, if the person does so, shall notify in writing the second-mentioned person of the reasons for the confirmation), or

(b) cancel the decision.

(5) If a decision to revoke an employment permit—

(a) has, by virtue of section 16 (5), taken effect on the notification of the decision to the holder, and

(b) is, on a review under this section, cancelled,

then, in determining the period for which the employment permit shall remain in force, the period for which the permit ceased to be in force by virtue of section 16 (5) shall be disregarded.