Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Immigration Employment Document (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 30th May 2003.

Amendment of the Fees Regulations

2. —(1)The Immigration Employment Document (Fees) Regulations 2003( 2 ) shall be amended as follows.

(2) In regulation 3, after the definition of “school teacher” there shall be inserted:

“ “the Sectors-Based Scheme” means a scheme operated by the Secretary of State under the immigration rules for persons seeking to enter the United Kingdom to take specified employment in specified sectors. ” .

(3) In regulation 4, after “regulations”, there shall be inserted “4A, 4B,”.

(4) After regulation 4, there shall be inserted:

“ Fee in relation to a group application

4A. —(1) Subject to paragraph (3), where an application is made by a single employer in respect of a number of persons who form a group, each of whom is seeking to enter, or remain, in the United Kingdom as a person to whom paragraph (2) applies, a single fee of £95 is payable in relation to that application.

(2) This paragraph applies to a person who is seeking to enter, or remain, in the United Kingdom—

(a) as a person employed by a ballet or other dance group, theatre group, circus troupe, or orchestra or other group of musicians; and

(b) for the purpose of fulfilling a contractual obligation to perform in that capacity in the United Kingdom.

(3) Regulation 5 will only except an application referred to in paragraph (1) from the requirement that it be accompanied by a fee if every person in respect of whom the application is made is a person to whom regulation 5(a) applies.

Fee in relation to an application under the Sectors-Based Scheme

4B. An application shall, subject to regulation 5(a), be accompanied by a fee of £74 if it is made in respect of a person seeking to enter the United Kingdom for employment under the Sectors-Based Scheme. ” .