{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-skills-charge-amendment-regulations-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348211764",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Skills Charge (Amendment) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-skills-charge-amendment-regulations-2020",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations are made under section 70A of the Immigration Act 2014 and amend the Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017. The Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017 provide that a sponsor, subject to certain exemptions, must pay a charge each time it assigns a certificate of sponsorship to a skilled worker. Regulation 2 amends the definition of skilled worker. Regulation 3 adds exemptions to the requirement to pay the charge.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348211764/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:49:15.997088+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}