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Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003
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synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-11
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synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-1
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synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-7
synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-8
synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-9
synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-10
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synthesis coverage: missing evaluation uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-6-paragraph-2
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Change history as published
Reg. 9 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(2)
Reg. 11 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(3)
Reg. 17 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(5)
Sch. 4 para. 1 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(9)
Sch. 4 para. 5 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(9)
Sch. 4 para. 9 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(9)
Sch. 5 para. 1 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)
Sch. 5 para. 2 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)
Sch. 5 para. 6 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)
Sch. 5 para. 7 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)
Sch. 5 para. 8 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)
Sch. 5 para. 10 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(10)
Sch. 6 omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/510), regs. 1(2), 2(11) · repeated 2×
Pending effects amendments not yet applied to this text
reg. 7 omitted by The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 reg. 2(a) · Effective date unknown · reg. 7
Sch. 1 para. 4(1) words omitted by The Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2022 reg. 2(b) · Effective date unknown · Sch. 1 para. 4
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12 parts · 80 provisions. Open a provision for its text and, where available, its one-line summary.
PART I GENERAL AND INTERPRETATION · 4 provisions
| 1 Citation and commencement uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-1 |
| 2 Interpretation uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-2 |
| 3 The meaning of “connected” uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-3 |
| 4 Transitional and Saving Provisions and Revocation uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-4 |
PART II GENERAL OBLIGATIONS · 8 provisions
| 5 Restriction on use of additional services uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-5 |
| 6 Restriction on detrimental action relating to work-seekers working elsewhere uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-6 |
| 7 Restriction on providing work-seekers in industrial disputes uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-7 |
| 8 Restriction on paying work-seekers' remuneration uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-8 |
| 9 Restriction on agencies and employment businesses purporting to act on a different basis uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-9 |
| 10 Restriction on charges to hirers uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-10 |
| 11 Entering into a contract on behalf of a client uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-11 |
| 12 Prohibition on employment businesses withholding payment to work-seekers on certain grounds uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-12 |
PART III REQUIREMENTS TO BE SATISFIED BEFORE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED · 6 provisions
| 13 Notification of charges and the terms of offers uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-13 |
| 13A Key information document: Employment businesses uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-13A |
| 14 Requirement to obtain agreement to terms with work-seekers: Employment Businesses uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-14 |
| 15 Content of terms with work-seekers: Employment businesses uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-15 |
| 16 Requirement to obtain agreement to terms with work-seekers and content of terms with work-seekers: Agencies uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-16 |
| 17 Requirement for employment businesses to obtain agreement to terms with hirers uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-17 |
PART IV REQUIREMENTS TO BE SATISFIED IN RELATION TO THE INTRODUCTION OR SUPPLY OF A WORK-SEEKER TO A HIRER · 5 provisions
| 18 Information to be obtained from a hirer uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-18 |
| 19 Confirmation to be obtained about a work-seeker uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-19 |
| 20 Steps to be taken for the protection of the work-seeker and the hirer uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-20 |
| 21 Provision of information to work-seekers and hirers uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-21 |
| 22 Additional requirements where professional qualifications or authorisation are required or where work-seekers are to work with vulnerable persons uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-22 |
PART V SPECIAL SITUATIONS · 2 provisions
| 23 Situations where more than one agency or employment business is involved uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-23 |
| 24 Situations where work-seekers are provided with travel or required to live away from home uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-24 |
PART VI CLIENT ACCOUNTS AND CHARGES TO WORK-SEEKERS · 2 provisions
| 25 Client accounts uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-25 |
| 26 Circumstances in which fees may be charged to work-seekers uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-26 |
PART VII MISCELLANEOUS · 9 provisions
| 27 Advertisements uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-27 |
| 27A Advertising in ... EEA states uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-27A |
| 28 Confidentiality uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-28 |
| 29 Records uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-29 |
| 30 Civil liability uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-30 |
| 31 Effect of prohibited or unenforceable terms and recoverability of monies uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-31 |
| 32 Application of the Regulations to work-seekers which are incorporated uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-32 |
| 33 Electronic and other communications uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-33 |
| 34 Review uk:uksi/2003/3319#regulation-34 |
SCHEDULE 1 · 6 provisions
| 1 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-1-paragraph-1 |
| 2 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-1-paragraph-2 |
| 3 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-1-paragraph-3 |
| 4 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-1-paragraph-4 |
| 5 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-1-paragraph-5 |
| 6 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-1-paragraph-6 |
SCHEDULE 2 · 13 provisions
| 1 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-1 |
| 2 Maintenance of client accounts uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-2 |
| 3 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-3 |
| 4 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-4 |
| 5 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-5 |
| 6 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-6 |
| 7 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-7 |
| 8 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-8 |
| 9 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-9 |
| 10 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-10 |
| 11 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-11 |
| 12 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-12 |
| 13 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-2-paragraph-13 |
SCHEDULE 4 · 12 provisions
| 1 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-1 |
| 2 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-2 |
| 2A uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-2A |
| 3 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-3 |
| 4 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-4 |
| 5 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-5 |
| 6 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-6 |
| 7 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-7 |
| 8 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-8 |
| 9 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-9 |
| 10 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-10 |
| 11 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-4-paragraph-11 |
SCHEDULE 5 · 11 provisions
| 1 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-1 |
| 2 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-2 |
| 3 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-3 |
| 4 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-4 |
| 5 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-5 |
| 6 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-6 |
| 7 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-7 |
| 8 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-8 |
| 9 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-9 |
| 10 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-10 |
| 11 uk:uksi/2003/3319#schedule-5-paragraph-11 |