EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations revoke and remake the Gangmasters Licensing (Exclusions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010. They make provision for the circumstances in which a licence to act as a gangmaster, granted under section 7 of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 (c.11), is not required.

The circumstances in which a licence is not required are set out in the Schedule.

A partial Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared. Copies can be obtained from Farm Policy Branch, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dundonald House, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast BT4 3SB.