UK Act of Parliament 1973 United Kingdom

Employment Agencies Act 1973

An Act to regulate employment agencies and businesses; and for connected purposes.

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Enforced by
Fair Work Agency
Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Prosecution 4 of 5 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 carries different penalties — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person4 Director or Officer1

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Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Director or Officer — also bound by 429 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 126 duties

What it requires

Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Enforcement. Prosecution
  • Fail to comply with enforcement orderAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.005 General regulations. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Fail to comply with employment agency regulationsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.006 Restriction on charging persons seeking employment, etc. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Charge a fee for finding work or staffAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.010 Fraudulent applications and entries. (opens in a new tab) Prosecution
  • Make false entry in employment agency recordsAny Person

Unlimited fine

s.011 Offences by bodies corporate. (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Director/manager personally liable for company's employment agency offenceDirector or Officer
15 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Employment agencies and businesses to be licensed. (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Grant of licences, (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Right to make representations. (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Power to make orders.
s.003 Variation and revocation of orders.
s.003 Appeals.
s.007 Display of licences, etc. (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Supplementary provisions (opens in a new tab)
s.008 Appointment of officers
s.009 Inspection. (opens in a new tab)
s.011 Offences: extension of time limit.
s.011 Offences: cost of investigation.
s.012 Regulations and orders. (opens in a new tab)
s.013 Interpretation. (opens in a new tab)
s.014 Short title, repeals, commencement and extent. (opens in a new tab)

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

3 more guides that reference this instrument
Employment agency business: compliance checklist Meet your employment agency regulatory duties Which employment agency regulations apply to your business

Connected legislation

Instruments made under this Act. They carry the detail the Act delegates.

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.