Licensing

General power ... to make rules
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The Secretary of State may make such rules as the Secretary of State thinks fit in connection with the licensing of persons acting as gangmasters.
2
The rules may, in particular—
a
prescribe the form and contents of applications for licences and other documents to be filed in connection with applications;
b
regulate the procedure to be followed in connection with applications and authorise the rectification of procedural irregularities;
c
prescribe time limits for doing anything required to be done in connection with an application and provide for the extension of any period so prescribed;
d
prescribe the requirements which must be met before a licence is granted;
e
provide for the manner in which the meeting of those requirements is to be verified;
f
allow for the grant of licences on a provisional basis before it is determined whether the requirements for the grant of a licence are met and for the withdrawal of such licences (if appropriate) if it appears that those requirements are not met;
g
prescribe the form of licences and the information to be contained in them;
h
require the payment of such fees as may be prescribed or determined in accordance with the rules;
i
provide that licences are to be granted subject to conditions requiring the licence holder—
i
to produce, in prescribed circumstances, evidence in a prescribed form of his being licensed, and
ii
to comply with any prescribed requirements relating to the recruitment, use and supply of workers.
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In subsection (2) “prescribed” means prescribed by the rules.
S. 8 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/447, art. 2(b)
S. 8(3) omitted (12.7.2016) by virtue of Immigration Act 2016 (c. 19), s. 94(1), Sch. 3 para. 18(b); S.I. 2016/603, reg. 3(u)
Words in s. 8 heading omitted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by virtue of Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 10 para. 30(2) (with s. 147 Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(39)(b)
Words in s. 8(1) substituted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 10 para. 30(3)(a) (with s. 147 Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(39)(b)
Words in s. 8(1) substituted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 10 para. 30(3)(b) (with s. 147 Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(39)(b)