Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017
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Amendment of Employment Permits Act 2003 | ||
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11. Section 2 of the Employment Permits Act 2003 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (10B) (amended by section 3 (f) of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 )— | ||
(i) in paragraph (b), by substituting “in the State, or” for “in the State.”, and | ||
(ii) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b): | ||
“(c) where the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade has certified in writing that the foreign national referred to in paragraph (a) is a member of the family of an assigned person forming part of his or her household, and that the assigned person is a national of another Member State, a Member State of the E.E.A. or the Swiss Confederation.”, | ||
(b) in subsection (15) (amended by section 3 (g) of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 ) by inserting the following definition: | ||
“ ‘Member State of the E.E.A.’ means a state that is a contracting party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2 May 1992, as amended for the time being;”. |