Employment Permits Act 2024
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Application of certain sections to renewal of employment permit | ||
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38. (1) Sections 18 , 21 , 22 , 32 (other than subsection (7)), 33 , 34 and 35 shall, subject to subsection (3) and the modifications specified in subsection (2), apply to the grant of, or the refusal to grant, a renewal of an employment permit as they apply to the grant of, or the refusal to grant, an employment permit. | ||
(2) The modifications mentioned in subsection (1) are— | ||
(a) the omission of subsection (1)(b) from section 18 , | ||
(b) in respect of section 22 , construing references to— | ||
(i) the date of the application for an employment permit as references to the date of the application for the renewal of an employment permit, and | ||
(ii) the person who made the offer of employment as references to the employer of the foreign national in respect of whom the application for the renewal of an employment permit is made, | ||
(c) the substitution of references to a decision of the Minister to refuse to grant a renewal of an employment permit for references to a decision of the Minister to refuse to grant an employment permit, and | ||
(d) any other necessary modifications. | ||
(3) Section 22 shall not apply to an application for the renewal of an employment permit, where— | ||
(a) the application is made to renew a dependant employment permit, general employment permit, reactivation employment permit or a sports and cultural permit, | ||
(b) on the day the application is made the holder in respect of whom that application is made is the sole employee of the employer concerned, and | ||
(c) at the time the application to grant the employment permit was made, section 22 (3) applied in respect of the grant of that employment permit. |