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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-and-nationality-fees-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111535134",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration and Nationality (Fees) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-and-nationality-fees-regulations-2013",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Fees for applications for sponsor licences, for premium sponsor status or for certificates of sponsorship",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“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;\n“small or charitable sponsor” means a sponsor that is—\n(a) a company that is subject to the small companies regime under section 381 of the Companies Act 2006;\n(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\n(c) a charity within the meaning of section 1 of the Charities Act 2011, or section 1 of the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 or a body entered in the Scottish Charity Register.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2011 c.25."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2008 c.12."
    }
  ],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}