31. (1) Where an application is made for the grant or renewal of an employment permit in respect of the employment of a foreign national as a non-consultant hospital doctor—

(a) the application shall be made by the person proposing to employ the foreign national concerned,

(b) the period for which the foreign national concerned may be employed in the State pursuant to an employment permit granted or renewed in respect of such an application shall be a period of 2 years, and

(c) an employment permit referred to in paragraph (b) shall operate to permit the employment in the State of the foreign national concerned as a non-consultant hospital doctor by—

(i) the person who made the application, or

(ii) any other person who has made a notification to the Minister under subsection (2).

(2) Where, during the period for which an employment permit referred to in subsection (1)(b) is in force—

(a) the employment of the foreign national by a person referred to in subsection (1)(c)(i) or (ii), for whatever reason, ceases, and

(b) another person proposes to employ the foreign national as a non consultant hospital doctor pursuant to such employment permit,

the person referred to in paragraph (b) shall, within such period as may be prescribed in advance of the date of commencement of the proposed employment, notify the Minister of the matters referred to in subsection (3).

(3) A notification referred to in subsection (2) shall specify—

(a) the name of the person proposing to employ the foreign national,

(b) the place at or in which the employment concerned is to be carried out,

(c) the terms and conditions, including the hours of work in each week, and the duration, of the employment concerned, and

(d) the remuneration and any deductions, where agreed, for board and accommodation or either of them in respect of the employment concerned.

(4) Upon receipt of a notification referred to in subsection (2), the Minister—

(a) may request such information and documents, as may be specified in regulations under section 50, in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (3),

(b) shall amend the particulars contained in the register in respect of the employment permit concerned to reflect the matters referred to in subsection (3)(a) and (b), and

(c) may, upon request made to him or her by the foreign national or the person who made the notification, issue to the person who made the request an amended employment permit to reflect the matters referred to in subsection (3).