Employment Permits Act 2006
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Renewal of employment permit. |
20.— (1) The Minister may from time to time, on application of the employer or, if the permit was granted on foot of an application by a foreign national, the holder of it, renew an employment permit in accordance with this section. | |
(2) An application for the renewal of an employment permit shall be made either— | ||
(a) within such period before the expiry of the period for which it has been granted (or for which it has last been renewed under this section) as may be prescribed, or | ||
(b) within such period after the expiry of that period as may be prescribed. | ||
(3) The period for which an employment permit may be renewed shall, subject to subsection (4), not exceed 3 years or such longer period as may be specified by regulations under section 14 . | ||
(4) If, at the date of the making of an application for the renewal of an employment permit, the period for which the permit has been in force (including the periods for which it has been previously renewed) is 5 or more years, then the period for which the permit may be renewed on foot of that application may be an unlimited period. | ||
(5) An application for a renewal of an employment permit shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee. | ||
(6) The applicant for a renewal of an employment permit shall furnish to the Minister— | ||
(a) such information (being information of a similar nature to that referred to in section 6 or 7 , as appropriate) as the Minister specifies in a direction in writing given by him or her for the purposes of this subsection, and | ||
(b) if the Minister requests such a statement or evidence, a statement or evidence, in such form as the Minister specifies, confirming that the applicant has complied with the terms of the employment permit and the provisions of this Act during the period ending on the making of the application for renewal. | ||
(7) The Minister shall publish, in such manner as he or she considers appropriate, any direction given under subsection (6)(a). | ||
(8) Sections 11 to 13 shall, with the modifications specified in subsection (9), apply to the grant of, or the refusal to grant, a renewal of an employment permit as they apply to the grant of, or the refusal to grant, an employment permit. | ||
(9) The modifications mentioned in subsection (8) are— | ||
(a) the omission of subsection (1)(b) from section 11 , | ||
(b) the substitution of references to a decision of the Minister to refuse to grant a renewal of an employment permit for references to a decision of the Minister to refuse to grant an employment permit, and | ||
(c) any other necessary modifications. |