Words in Sch.10 para. 1(3) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(a) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
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Sections 1 to 3 (licences) shall cease to have effect.
On application by the Secretary of State, an any employment agency or employment business; or any specified description of employment agency or employment business. An order under subsection (1) of this section (in this Act referred to as “ A prohibition order shall be made for a period beginning with the date of the order and ending— on a specified date, or on the happening of a specified event, in either case, not more than ten years later. Subject to subsections (5) and (6) of this section, an An any director, secretary, manager or similar officer of the body corporate, any person who performs on behalf of the body corporate the functions of a director, secretary, manager or similar officer, or any person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors of the body corporate are accustomed to act, is unsuitable, on account of his misconduct or for any other sufficient reason, to do what the order prohibits. An For the purposes of subsection (4) of this section, where an employment agency or employment business has been improperly conducted, each person who was carrying on, or concerned with the carrying on of, the agency or business at the time, shall be deemed to have been responsible for what happened unless he can show that it happened without his connivance or consent and was not attributable to any neglect on his part. A person shall not be deemed to fall within subsection (5)(c) of this section by reason only that the directors act on advice given by him in a professional capacity. In this section— “ “ Any person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a prohibition order shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale. On application by the person to whom a prohibition order applies, an An The Secretary of State shall be a party to any proceedings before an When making a prohibition order or disposing of an application under this section, an An appeal shall lie to the Employment Appeal Tribunal on a question of law arising from any decision of, or arising in proceedings before, an No other appeal shall lie from a decision of an
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