UK Statutory Instrument SI 2017 United Kingdom

Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017

These Regulations are made under section 70A of the Immigration Act 2014 and provide that a sponsor, subject to certain exemptions, must pay a charge each time that it assigns a certificate of sponsorship to a skilled worker.

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Enforced by
HMRC, Home Office
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Employer1

Plus 1 duty on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

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Employer — also bound by 682 other Acts
TULRCA 1992 72 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.003 Obligation to pay a charge Regulated
  • Pay the Immigration Skills Charge when sponsoring a workerEmployer
s.005 Consequences of non-payment Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Unpaid Immigration Skills Charges make sponsorship certificates invalidCrown / Minister / Government department
8 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.001 Citation and commencement (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Interpretation
s.002 Interpretation (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Exemptions from the charge
s.006 Refund or waiver of part or all of the charge
s.007 Transitional provision
s.amount of charge payable by a sponsor Amount of charge payable by a sponsor

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