18.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an application for an immigration employment document need not be accompanied by a fee if it is made in respect of a person who is a national of a state which has ratified the Council of Europe Social Charter or the Council of Europe Revised Social Charter.
(2) Paragraph (1) will only except an application referred to in regulation 16 from the requirement that it be accompanied by a fee if every person in respect of whom the application is made is a person to whom that regulation applies.