35 Offence of employing illegal worker
Immigration Act 2016 (2016 c 19) | Legislation

35  Offence of employing illegal worker

(1)     Section 21 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (offence of knowingly employing illegal worker) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).

(2)     In subsection (1) for the words from “an adult” to the end of the subsection substitute “disqualified from employment by reason of the employee's immigration status.”

(3)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     A person commits an offence if the person—

(a)     employs another person (“the employee”) who is disqualified from employment by reason of the employee's immigration status, and

(b)     has reasonable cause to believe that the employee is disqualified from

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