Employment Permits Act 2024

Review of revocation under section 16 of Act of 2006

74. (1) This section applies to a decision of the Minister under section 16 of the Act of 2006 that is made before the commencement date to revoke an employment permit.

(2) Where a decision to which this section applies has been submitted for review under section 17 of the Act of 2006 but that review is not completed before the commencement date, the review shall, subject to subsection (4), continue as if it were a review under section 41 .

(3) Where a decision to which this section applies has not been submitted for review under section 17 of the Act of 2006 but, on the commencement date, the period referred to in section 17(2) of the Act of 2006 from the date of the decision has not expired, the decision may be submitted, within that period, for review under section 41 .

(4) Where a review referred to in subsection (2) or (3) relates to an employment permit in respect of the purpose referred to in section 3A(2)(b) of the Act of 2006, the review shall, notwithstanding the coming into operation of section 6 , continue under section 17 of the Act of 2006 as if the enactments referred to in section 6 had not been repealed or revoked.

(5) Where, pursuant to a review referred to in subsection (4), the Minister cancels the decision the subject of the review, the employment permit the subject of the decision—

(a) shall continue in force for the period for which it was granted or last renewed under the Act of 2006, having regard to section 17(5) of that Act,

(b) shall for the purposes of this Act, be regarded as an employment permit granted under this Act, and

(c) may, subject to section 72 , be revoked or renewed under this Act accordingly.