The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2010

Amendment to regulation 5

4.  In regulation 5 (restriction on use of additional services) after paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) In addition, where the work-seeker is seeking employment as an actor, background artist, dancer, extra, musician, singer or other performer or as a photographic or fashion model and that work-seeker uses a service, for which the Act does not prohibit the charging of a fee, which includes the production of a photographic image or audio or video recording of the work-seeker, an agency or employment business providing or making provision for such service shall ensure that, for 30 days from the date of the agency or employment business entering into a contract for such a service whether written or oral—

(a) the agency or the employment business shall not charge a fee to a work-seeker for that part of the service which consists of providing or making provision for a photographic image or audio or video recording of the work-seeker; and

(b) the work-seeker shall be entitled without detriment or penalty to cancel or withdraw from any contract with the agency or employment business for such a service with immediate effect by informing the agency or employment business of cancellation or withdrawal and where the work-seeker informs the agency or employment business of cancellation or withdrawal the work-seeker has no obligation to make any payment under the contract.

(4) Paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply to a service for which a fee may be charged by virtue of regulation 26(1).”.