Sec. 13 Employment Permits Act 2006

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Review of decision to refuse permit.

Review of decision to refuse permit.

13.— (1) A decision of the Minister to refuse to grant an employment permit may, in accordance with regulations under section 29(3), be submitted by the applicant therefor to the Minister for review under this section.

(2) Such a submission of a decision for review shall be made within 21 days from the date the decision is notified under section 12 to the applicant.

(3) A review under this section of a decision shall be carried out by an officer of the Minister appointed by the Minister for the purpose; the person so appointed—

(a) shall not be the person who made the decision, and

(b) shall be of a grade senior to the grade of the person who made the decision.

(4) The person so appointed, having afforded the person who submitted the decision for review an opportunity to make representations in writing in relation to the matter, may—

(a) confirm the decision (and, if the person does so, shall notify in writing the second-mentioned person of the reasons for the confirmation), or

(b) cancel the decision and grant to the foreign national concerned the employment permit the subject of the application to which the review relates.

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