The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022
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2022 No. 852
Employment Agencies, Etc
The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022
Made 20th July 2022
Coming into force 21th July 2022
The Secretary of State, having consulted such bodies as appear to the Secretary of State representative of the interests concerned1, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1) and 12(3) of the Employment Agencies Act 19732.
A draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 12(5) of the Employment Agencies Act 19733and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
(2) These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.
Amendment to the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003
2. The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 20034are amended as follows—
(a) omit regulation 7 (restriction on providing work-seekers in industrial disputes); and
(b) in paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1 (Transitional and Saving Provisions) omit “7 (restriction on providing work-seekers in industrial disputes),”.
Kwasi Kwarteng
Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
20th July 2022
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations will come into force on the day after the day on which they are made and will amend the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003 ( S.I. 2003/3319) (the “Conduct Regulations”).
These Regulations will remove the prohibition set out at regulation 7 of the Conduct Regulations, preventing employment businesses from introducing or supplying agency workers to hirers to replace individuals taking part in official strike or official industrial action or to replace individuals who have themselves been transferred by the hirer to perform the duties of the person on strike or taking industrial action. A breach of regulation 7 is a criminal offence punishable by a fine further to section...
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