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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-52/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/52",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 providing for minimum standards on sanctions and measures against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-52",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Prohibition of illegal employment",
  "text": "1. Member States shall prohibit the employment of illegally staying third-country nationals.\n2. Infringements of this prohibition shall be subject to the sanctions and measures laid down in this Directive.\n3. A Member State may decide not to apply the prohibition referred to in paragraph 1 to illegally staying third-country nationals whose removal has been postponed and who are allowed to work in accordance with national law.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/52/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:11.583220+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."
}