THE CHIEF MINISTER, in pursuance of Articles 31 and 44 of the Control of Housing and Work (Jersey) Law 2012[1], orders as follows –

“5A   Annual charge in respect of Registered persons

(1)     The annual charge for a Registered person who is permitted to work for an undertaking which is an employment agency by the business licence of that undertaking (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any such person whose labour is supplied by an employment agency to any other undertaking) is £500 in respect of each Registered person.

(2)     The annual charge for a Registered person who is permitted, by the undertaking’s business licence, to work in or for an undertaking of any kind other than an employment agency as mentioned in paragraph (1) is £50 in respect of each Registered person.

(3)     An annual charge payable under this Article is payable in respect of each Registered person permitted by an undertaking’s business licence to work in or for the undertaking –

(a)     on such date as may be agreed by the Minister –

(i)      on social or economic grounds,

(ii)      whether generally or in relation to a particular undertaking or class of undertakings, and

(iii)     in consultation with such undertakings as may be concerned; or

(b)     in the absence of any such agreement as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a), in accordance with paragraph (5).

(4)     An agreement between the Minister and an undertaking under paragraph (3) must specify the date by which the annual charge must be paid, being a date no earlier than 60 days from the date on which that charge becomes payable in accordance with the agreement.

(5)     Where the Minister does not enter into an agreement under paragraph (3), an annual charge payable under this Article –

(a)     is payable in respect of each Registered person permitted by an undertaking’s business licence to work in or for the undertaking, on 1st November in any year; and

(b)     must be paid by 31st December in that same year.

(6)     In this Article, ‘employment agency’ has the meaning given by Article 1 of the Employment Agencies (Registration) (Jersey) Law 1969.”.