{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-skills-charge-regulations-2017/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2017/9780111154663",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration Skills Charge Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-immigration-skills-charge-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exemptions from the charge",
  "text": "The obligation to pay the charge does not apply where a sponsor assigns a certificate of sponsorship to a skilled worker—\n(a) in respect of an occupation coming within any of the following codes in version 5.1 of the Standard Occupational Classification 2010 Index—\n(i) 2111 (chemical scientists);\n(ii) 2112 (biological scientists and biochemists);\n(iii) 2113 (physical scientists);\n(iv) 2114 (social and humanities scientists);\n(v) 2119 (natural and social science professionals not elsewhere classified);\n(vi) 2150 (research and development managers);\n(vii) 2311 (higher education teaching professionals);\n(b) who is intended to be the subject of an intra-company transfer as a graduate trainee, that being a temporary posting for a period of no more than 12 months, to the United Kingdom branch of a multi-national organisation as part of a structured graduate training programme, which clearly defines progression towards a managerial or specialist role;\n(c) in respect of whom the sponsor has already assigned a certificate of sponsorship (“the first certificate”), but only to the extent that any subsequent certificate of sponsorship is assigned in respect of a period of prospective leave which does not exceed the period in respect of which the first certificate was assigned;\n(d) who has leave to enter or leave to remain for the purpose of study;\n(e) in circumstances where—\n(i) that sponsor has already assigned a certificate of sponsorship to that individual (“the first certificate”); but\n(ii) by virtue of paragraph (d), the sponsor was not obliged to pay the charge when the first certificate was assigned; and\n(iii) the assignment of any subsequent certificate of sponsorship relates to the same role as the first certificate;\n(f) who seeks entry clearance for a period of less than six months.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Published by the Office of National Statistics on 16th August 2016 and accessible via: http://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/standardoccupationalclassificationsoc/soc2010/soc2010volume2thestructureandcodingindex."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111154663/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:06:47.890878+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."
}