A notification of a decision to revoke the employment permit in accordance with Section 16 (2) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 issued to the person named by the Deputy and to his employer on 15 May 2014. This letter informed them that the decision to revoke the permit could be submitted to the Minister for review within 28 days. Under Sections 16 (3) of the Act a decision to revoke an employment permit shall, if such decision has not been submitted to the Minister for review, take effect on the expiration of the 28 day period from the date of the notification of the decision. Furthermore under Section 16 (4) of the Act where such a decision is submitted to the Minister for review the revocation of the employment permit concerned shall not take effect until the review is determined or the submission of the decision for review is withdrawn.
The outcome of the review may be to either confirm or cancel the decision to revoke the permit.
In this case the decision has been submitted for review and is currently under consideration. The employee is not required to cease employment unless and until the decision to revoke the permit is confirmed if such is the outcome of the review.
The letter dated the 15 May 2014 stated that the decision to revoke the permit would not take effect until the expiry of a 28 day period following the decision to revoke i.e. the 12 June 2014. In addition the employer in this instance was advised by my Department on 27 June 2014 that the person named by the Deputy was permitted to work pending the outcome of the review of the decision.
