Paragraph 1 Fees for applications for sponsor licences, for premium sponsor status or for certificates of sponsorship

In this Schedule—

• “certificate of sponsorship” means an authorisation issued by the Secretary of State to a sponsor in respect of one of more applications, or potential applications, for leave to remain in or enter the United Kingdom;

• “small or charitable sponsor” means a sponsor that is—

  1. (a)

     a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006^f1;

  2. (b)

     in the case of a person who is not a company for the purposes of those sections, a person who employs no more than 50 employees; or

  3. (c)

     a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011^f2, or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008^f3 or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register.