Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020

PART 5

Amendment of >Employment Permits Act 2006

Amendment of section 10 of Employment Permits Act 2006

13. Section 10 of the Employment Permits Act 2006 is amended—

(a) in subsection (2), by—

(i) the substitution of “are either—” for “are nationals of any of the following:”,

(ii) the substitution of the following for paragraph (i):

“(i) nationals of one or more Member States of the EEA,”,

(iii) the substitution of the following for paragraph (ii):

“(ii) nationals of the Swiss Confederation,”,

(iv) the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (ii):

“(iia) citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or”,

and

(v) the substitution of the following for paragraph (iii):

“(iii) a combination of any of the nationals or citizens referred to in paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iia).”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(4) In subsection (2)(iia), ‘United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’ includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and ‘citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland’ shall be construed accordingly.”.