Employment Permits (Trusted Partner) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2016
• Citation: IR SI 403/2016

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th July, 2016.

I, MARY MITCHELL O’CONNOR, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 29 and 30 (as amended by sections 29 and 30 of the Employment Permits (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 26 of 2014)) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 (No. 16 of 2006), hereby make the following regulations:

Citation

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Employment Permits (Trusted Partner) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

(2) The Employment Permits Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 432 of 2014 ), the Principal Regulations, the Employment Permits (Amendment) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 349 of 2015 ), the Employment Permits (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016 ( S.I. No. 363 of 2016 ) and these Regulations may be cited together as the Employment Permits Regulations 2014 to 2016 and shall be construed together as one.

Commencement

2. These Regulations come into operation on 3 August 2016.

Definitions

3. In these Regulations “Principal Regulations” means the Employment Permits (Trusted Partner) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 172 of 2015 ).

Amendment of Regulation 4

4. Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a) by substituting for paragraph (1) the following paragraphs:

“4. (1) Applications for Trusted Partner Registration, whether made online or in paper form, shall be in the relevant form for the time being provided for that purpose by the Minister and made available online at www.djei.ie.

(1A) Where application by electronic means is made available by the Minister and an application for Trusted Partner Registration is made by such means, the printed and signed application form shall also be submitted to the Minister.”, and

(b) in paragraph (2)(b) by substituting for clauses (I) and (II) the following:

“(I) a P30 returned to the Revenue Commissioners within the 3 month period preceding the application, or a receipt for such return, whether issued through ROS (Revenue Online Service) or otherwise, or

(II) evidence of P30 SEPA monthly direct debit payments made within the 3 month period preceding the application,”.

Amendment of Regulation 6

5. Regulation 6 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a) by substituting for paragraph (1) the following paragraphs:

“6. (1) Applications for renewal of a Trusted Partner Registration, whether online or in paper form, shall be in the relevant form for the time being provided for that purpose by the Minister and made available online at www.djei.ie.

(1A) Where application by electronic means is made available by the Minister and an application for renewal of a Trusted Partner Registration is made by such means, the printed and signed application form shall also be submitted to the Minister.”, and

(b) by substituting for paragraph (2)(a) the following:

“(a) in respect of the person who will make the offer of employment, the employer, the connected person or the EEA contractor, a copy of—

(I) a P30 returned to the Revenue Commissioners within the 3 month period preceding the application, or a receipt for such return, whether issued through ROS (Revenue Online Service) or otherwise, or

(II) evidence of P30 SEPA monthly direct debit payments made within the 3 month period preceding the application,”.

Amendment of Regulation 8

6. Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a) by substituting for paragraph (1) the following:

“8.(1) Notwithstanding Regulation 5(1) of the Principal Regulations, applications by a Trusted Partner for the grant of employment permits, whether by electronic means or in paper form, shall be in the relevant form for the time being provided for that...