Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014
Number 26 of 2014
EMPLOYMENT PERMITS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 22 July 2022
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014. 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.
All Acts up to and including the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 (27/2022), enacted 21 July 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Parts 1, 4, 5 and 8) (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 370 of 2022), made 21 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 26 of 2014
EMPLOYMENT PERMITS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 22 July 2022
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
Employment Permits Acts 2003 to 2020: this Act, other than ss. 33 to 36, is one of a group of Acts included in this collective citation, to be read together as one (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020), s. 1(3)). The Acts in this group are:
• Employment Permits Act 2003 (7/2003)
• Employment Permits Act 2006 (16/2006)
• Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012 (32/2012)
• European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Act 2013 (21/2013), s. 3
• Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (26/2014), other than ss. 33-36
• Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Act 2020 (23/2020), s. 13
Annotations
This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.
An explanation of how to read annotations is available at
www.lawreform.ie/annotations.
Material not updated in this revision
Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.
Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.
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Acts which affect or previously affected this revision
• Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (19/2022)
All Acts up to and including the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 (27/2022), enacted 21 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision
• Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (section 35(d)) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 522 of 2014)
• Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (section 34) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 435 of 2014)
• Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 430 of 2014)
All statutory instruments up to and including the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Parts 1, 4, 5 and 8) (Commencement) Order 2022 (S.I. No. 370 of 2022), made 21 July 2022, were considered in the preparation of this revision.
Number 26 of 2014
EMPLOYMENT PERMITS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 22 July 2022
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement
Amendment of Act of 2003
3. Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2003
4. Insertion into Act of 2003 of new sections 2B and 2C
Amendment of Act of 2006
5. Amendment of section 1 of Act of 2006
6. Insertion into Act of 2006 of new section 1A
7. Insertion into Act of 2006 of new sections 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E and 3F
8. Amendment of section 4 of Act of 2006
9. Application for employment permit: information to be provided
10. Amendment of section 8 of Act of 2006
11. Amendment of section 9 of Act of 2006
12. Amendment of section 10 of Act of 2006
13. Insertion into Act of 2006 of new section 10A
14. Amendment of section 11 of Act of 2006
15. Amendment of section 12 of Act of 2006
16. Amendment of section 13 of Act of 2006
17. Amendment of section 14 of Act of 2006
18. Insertion into Act of 2006 of new section 14A
19. Amendment of section 15 of Act of 2006
20. Amendment of section 16 of Act of 2006
21. Amendment of section 17 of Act of 2006
22. Amendment of section 19 of Act of 2006
23. Amendment of section 20 of Act of 2006
24. Insertion into Act of 2006 of new sections 20A, 20B, 20C and 20D
25. Amendment of section 23 of Act of 2006
26. Amendment of section 24 of Act of 2006
27. Amendment of section 27 of Act of 2006
28. Amendment of section 28 of Act of 2006
29. Amendment of section 29 of Act of 2006
30. Amendment of section 30 of Act of 2006
31. Amendment of section 31 of Act of 2006
32. Amendment of section 37 of Act of 2006
33. Amendment of Schedule 1 to Act of 2006
Amendment of Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000
34. Amendment of Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000
Amendment of Immigration Act 2004 and Aliens Order 1946
35. Amendment of Immigration Act 2004
36. Amendment of Aliens Order 1946 (Repealed)
Miscellaneous
Acts Referred to
Aliens Act 1935 (No. 14)
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (No. 23)
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)
Companies Act 1963 (No. 33)
Companies Acts
Diplomatic Relations and Immunities Act 1967 (No. 8)
Employment Permits Act 2003 (No. 7)
Employment Permits Act 2006 (No. 16)
Employment Permits Acts 2003 to 2013
European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Act 2013 (No. 21)
Friendly Societies Acts 1896 to 1977
Health Insurance Act 1994 (No. 16)
Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 (No. 29)
Immigration Act 1999 (No. 22)
Immigration Act 2003 (No. 26)
Immigration Act 2004 (No. 1)
Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 1978
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)
Limited Partnerships Act 1907 (c.24)
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 1)
Protection of Employment Act 1977 (No. 7)
Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (No. 21)
Refugee Act 1996 (No. 17)
Registration of Business Names Act 1963 (No. 30)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)
Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2005
Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007
Number 26 of 2014
EMPLOYMENT PERMITS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2014
REVISED
Updated to 22 July 2022
An Act to amend the Employment Permits Act 2003, to provide a defence to a foreign national in certain proceedings under that Act, to provide for civil proceedings to recompense certain foreign nationals for work done or services rendered in certain circumstances; to amend and extend the Employment Permits Act 2006; to make further provision for the grant of employment permits; to amend the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000; to amend the Immigration Act 2004; to amend the Aliens Order 1946; to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and to provide for related matters. [27 th July, 2014]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: