SCHEDULE 7 Employment Agencies

SCHEDULE 7 Employment Agencies

Section 31

Introduction

1

The Employment Agencies Act 1973 shall be amended as provided in this Schedule.

General regulations

2

(1)     Section 5 (power to make general regulations) shall be amended as follows.

(2)     In subsection (1) there shall be substituted for paragraphs (f) and (g) and the proviso following paragraph (g)—

“(ea)     restricting the services which may be provided by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses;

(eb)     regulating the way in which and the terms on which services may be provided by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses;

(ec)     restricting or regulating the charging of fees by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses.â€

(3)     After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A)     A reference in subsection (1)(ea) to (ec) of this section to services includes a reference to services in respect of—

(a)     persons seeking employment outside the United Kingdom;

(b)     persons normally resident outside the United Kingdom seeking employment in the United Kingdom.â€

Charges

3

For section 6(1) (restriction on demand or receipt of fee for finding or seeking to find employment) there shall be substituted—

“(1)     Except in such cases or classes of case as the Secretary

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