34 Offence of illegal working
Immigration Act 2016 (2016 c 19) | Legislation

Chapter 2
Illegal Working

Offences

34  Offence of illegal working

(1)     The Immigration Act 1971 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 3(1)(c)(i) (power to grant limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom subject to condition restricting employment or occupation) for “employment” substitute “work”.

(3)     After section 24A insert—

“24B Illegal working

(1)     A person (“P”) who is subject to immigration control commits an offence if—

(a)     P works at a time when P is disqualified from working by reason of P's immigration status, and

(b)     at that time P knows or has reasonable cause to believe that P is disqualified from working by reason of P's immigration status.

(2)     For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is disqualified from working by reason of the person's immigration status if—

(a)     the person has not been granted leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom, or

(b)     the person's leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom—

(i)     is invalid,

(ii)     has ceased to have effect (whether by reason of curtailment, revocation, cancellation, passage of time or otherwise), or

(iii)     is subject to a condition preventing the person from doing work of that kind.

(3)

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