- Made under
- Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004
- Enforced by
- Fair Work Agency
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Regulated
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person1
Plus 14 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2684 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Regulations 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.002
The overriding objective
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appointed person must deal with appeals justlyTribunal / Court
s.003
Appointed persons
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must appoint a tribunal chairman for each appealCrown / Minister / Government department
s.004
The Secretariat
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must provide a Secretariat for gangmaster appealsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.005
Decisions which may be appealed and effect of appeal on licence
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretariat must notify parties when an appeal is withdrawnStatutory regulator
s.007
Acknowledgement and notification of the appeal
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretariat must acknowledge an appeal and copy the AuthorityStatutory regulator
s.009
Reply by the Authority
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Authority must reply to appeal within 20 working daysStatutory regulator
s.011
Action by Secretariat on receipt of reply
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretariat must acknowledge appeal reply and send copies to partiesStatutory regulator
s.013
Extension of time
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretariat must notify parties of any extension of time grantedTribunal / Court
s.016
Action by Secretariat in fixing a hearing date
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretariat must fix appeal hearing date and notify partiesStatutory regulator
s.017
Procedure preliminary to oral hearing
Regulated
- Notify the appeal Secretariat of your attendance and witnesses before the oral hearingAny Person
s.018
Change in place, date or time of the hearing
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appointed person must manage hearing changes and notify partiesTribunal / Court
s.020
Expedited procedure for decisions with immediate effect
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appointed person must hear and determine immediate-effect appeals within 35 working daysTribunal / Court
s.021
Appeal decisions
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appointed person must allow or dismiss appealsTribunal / Court
s.022
Determination of appeal by the appointed person
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appointed person must record appeal decisions and send reasons to partiesTribunal / Court
s.023
Register
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretariat must maintain public register of appeal decisionsStatutory regulator
10 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001
Citation, commencement and interpretation
s.006
Notice of appeal
s.008
Amendment and withdrawal of the appeal and supporting documentation
s.010
Contents of the reply
s.012
Amendment of the reply and supporting documentation
s.014
Directions
s.015
Power to decide the appeal without an oral hearing
s.019
Procedure at the hearing
s.024
Irregularities
s.025
Delivery
Connected legislation
The wider family of instruments made under the same parent Act.
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.