Employment Permits Act 2006

Prohibition on certain use of employment permit.

19.— (1) Where an employment permit has been granted (other than on foot of an application by a foreign national) the employer shall not purport to—

(a) transfer the employment permit to another person,

(b) use the employment permit to employ a foreign national other than the foreign national to whom it has been granted, or

(c) use the employment permit in respect of an employment other than the employment in respect of which it has been granted.

(2) The holder of an employment permit shall not purport to—

(a) transfer the employment permit to another foreign national,

(b) allow another foreign national to use the employment permit to enter into the service of an employer in the State or be in employment in the State, or

(c) if the permit has been granted on foot of an application by the holder, use the employment permit to enter into a contract of employment or be in employment in an economic sector other than the one in respect of which it has been granted.

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) is guilty of an offence.