Paragraph 1
In this Schedule—
“au pair placement” means an arrangement whereby a young person—
comes to the United Kingdom for the purpose of learning English;
lives for a time as a member of an English speaking family with appropriate opportunities for study; and
helps in the home for a maximum of 5 hours per day in return for an allowance and with two free days per week;
“letter of approval under the work permit arrangements” means a letter issued by the Secretary of State under the work permit arrangements stating that employment by the employer specified in the letter of the person so specified for the type of employment so specified satisfies the labour market criteria set out in those arrangements;
“member of a religious order” means a person who lives in a community run by that order;
“minister of religion” means a religious functionary whose main regular duties comprise the leading of a congregation in performing the rites and rituals of the faith and in preaching the essentials of the creed;
“missionary” means a person who is directly engaged in spreading a religious doctrine and whose work is not in essence administrative or clerical;
“Sectors Based Scheme” means the scheme established by the Secretary of State for the purpose of paragraph 135I(i)f1 of the immigration rules (requirements for leave to enter the United Kingdom for the purpose of employment under the Sectors Based Scheme);
“Training and Work Experience Scheme” means the scheme established by the Secretary of State for the purpose of paragraph 116(i) of the immigration rules (requirement for leave to enter the United Kingdom for approved training or work experience);
“work permit arrangements” means the arrangements published by the Secretary of State f2 setting out the labour market criteria to be applied for the purpose of issuing the work permits referred to in paragraphs 116(i) (Training and Work Experience Scheme) and 128(i) of the immigration rules and the immigration employment document referred to in paragraph 135I(i) (Sectors Based Scheme) of the immigration rules;
“work permit employment” means a category of employment covered by the work permit arrangements, other than employment covered by the Sectors Based Scheme and the Training and Work Experience Scheme.
Annotations
Footnotes
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Paragraph 135I was inserted by immigration rules changes on 30th May 2003 (Cm 5829).
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These arrangements are published by Work Permits UK, part of the Home Office, and are available on the Home Office website (www.workingintheuk.gov.uk).
Notes on Schedule 1
Footnotes
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Cmnd. 2565.