Employment Agencies (Amendment) Regulations, 2026

L.N. 147 of 2026

EMPLOYMENT AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT

(CAP. 452)

Employment Agencies (Amendment) Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 48(2) of the

Employment and Industrial Relations Act, the Minister responsible for

Employment and Industrial Relations, has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Employment Agencies

(Amendment) Regulations, 2026 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Employment Agencies Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 7 of the principal

regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation

"(1) A licence to operate an employment agency or an

employment business in accordance with regulation 3(1)(a) shall

be issued by the Director, on the recommendation of the Working

Committee, for a period of three (3) years commencing on the

date specified in the licence. Such licence shall be renewed for

further periods of three (3) years, subject to the submission of an

application for such renewal and the continuous fulfilment of the

requirements established in these regulations

Provided that where a request for renewal has been

received prior to the expiry of a valid licence, the licence shall

remain valid until a decision on the request is taken by the

Director.".

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