Employment Agency Act 1971
Number 27 of 1971
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 1 September 2019
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Employment Agency Act 1971. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
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Number 27 of 1971
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 1 September 2019
Introduction
This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.
Related legislation
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Annotations
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 (13/2012)
• Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004 (33/2004)
• Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (29/2003)
All Acts up to and including Judicial Council Act 2019 (33/2019), enacted 23 July 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 418 of 2011)
• Employment Agency Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 49 of 1993)
• Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 18 of 1993)
• Employment Agency Regulations 1988 (S.I. No. 319 of 1988)
• Employment Agency Regulations 1978 (S.I. No. 288 of 1978)
• Employment Agency Regulations 1976 (S.I. No. 318 of 1976)
• Order Entitled Employment Agency (Exemption) Order 1972 (S.I. No. 257 of 1972)
• Employment Agency Act, 1971 (Commencement) Order 1972 (S.I. No. 256 of 1972)
• Employment Agency Regulations 1972 (S.I. No. 255 of 1972)
All statutory instruments up to and including National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2014 (State Authority) Order 2019 (S.I. No. 446 of 2019), made 1 September 2019, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 27 of 1971
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 1 September 2019
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Number 27 of 1971
EMPLOYMENT AGENCY ACT 1971
REVISED
Updated to 1 September 2019
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONTROL AND REGULATION BY THE MINISTER FOR LABOUR OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES, TO MAKE PROVISION RELATING TO THE SEEKING OF PERSONS FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTSIDE THE STATE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [24th November, 1971.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and terms “Department of Labour” and “Minister for Labour” construed (20.01.1993) by Labour (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 18 of 1993), arts. 3, 4, and sch. pt. 1, subject to transitional provisions in arts. 5-9. Note that the name of the Minister for and Department of Industry and Commerce was changed:
• to the Minister for and Department of Enterprise and Employment (20.01.1993) by Industry and Commerce (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 19 of 1993);
• to the Minister for and Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (12.07.1997) by Enterprise and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 1997 (S.I. No. 307 of 1997);
• to the Minster for and Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (2.05.2010) by Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 185 of 2010); and
• to the Minister for and Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (2.06.2011) by Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 (S.I. No. 245 of 2011).
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3. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 4 of this Order are hereby transferred to the Department of Industry and Commerce.
(2) References to the Department of Labour contained in any Act or instrument made thereunder and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Industry and Commerce.
4. (1) There are hereby transferred to the Minister for Industry and Commerce the functions vested in the Minister for Labour by or under:—
(a) any Act mentioned in the Schedule to this Order, and
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(2) References to the Minister for Labour contained in any Act or instrument thereunder and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
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SCHEDULE
Part I
Acts functions under which are transferred from the Minister for Labour to the Minister for Industry and Commerce.
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Employment Agency Act, 1971 (No. 27 of 1971).
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