In regulations 7 (restriction on providing work-seekers in industrial disputes), 18 (information to be obtained from a hirer), 19 (confirmation to be obtained about a work-seeker), 20 (steps to be taken for the protection of the work-seeker and the hirer) and 22 (additional requirements in respect of professional qualifications or where workers are to work with vulnerable persons), references to “supply” shall not include an ongoing supply.

Regulations 10(4) (notification of changes in terms agreed with workers) and 9(7) (prohibition on supplying workers to replace those in industrial dispute) of the 1982 Regulations shall remain in operation after the date on which these Regulations come into operation in respect of any ongoing supply.

Where the terms of an existing contract with a hirer are varied, the agency or employment business shall comply with the requirements of regulation 17 (requirement to obtain agreement to terms with hirers) before the first occasion on which it provides services to that hirer after the variation has been agreed.