These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Employment Document (Fees) (Amendment) (No 2) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 2nd July 2004.

(1)    The Immigration Employment Document (Fees) Regulations 2003 is amended as follows.

(2)    In regulation 3, the definition of “the Sectors-Based Scheme” is hereby revoked.

(3)    In regulation 4:

(a)    “4B,” is omitted; and

(b)    for “£95”, there is substituted “£153”.

(4)    Regulation 4B is hereby revoked.

Des Browne

Minister of State

Home Office

8th June 2004

These Regulations amend the Immigration Employment Document (Fees) Regulations 2003, as amended by the Immigration Employment Document (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (taken together “the 2003 Regulations”). The 2003 Regulations impose a requirement that applications for different types of immigration employment document be accompanied by a specified fee and provide exceptions to this requirement. The amendments made by these Regulations are twofold.

Firstly, regulation 2(3)(b) substitutes a new fee of £153 for an application for an immigration employment document. The remaining amendments are concerned with applying this new fee to an application for an immigration employment document made in respect of the Sectors-Based Scheme, which was required to be accompanied by a specific fee under the 2003 Regulations. Accordingly, regulation 2(4) revokes regulation 4B of the 2003 Regulations, which specified a fee of £74 for applications made in respect of the Sectors-Based Scheme. Regulation 2(2) revokes the definition of Sectors-Based Scheme in regulation 3 of the 2003 Regulations, which is no longer required. Regulation 2(3)(a) makes a further consequential amendment to regulation 4 of the 2003 Regulations.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment in respect of these Regulations can be obtained from Work Permits (UK) by e-mail (charging.workpermits@wpuk.gov.uk), by telephone (0114 279 3420), or by visiting the Work Permits (UK) website (www.workpermits.gov.uk).