{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/11",
  "legislation_title": "Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-act-2004",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Grant of licence",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may grant a licence if the Secretary of State thinks fit.\n(2) A licence shall describe the activities authorised by it and shall be granted for such period as the Secretary of State thinks fit.\n(3) A licence authorises activities—\n(a) by the holder of the licence, and\n(b) by persons employed or engaged by the holder of the licence who are named or otherwise specified in the licence.\n(4) In the case of a licence held otherwise than by an individual, the reference in subsection (3)(a) to activities by the holder of the licence shall be read as a reference only to such activities as are mentioned in whichever of the following provisions applies—\nsection 20(2) (body corporate);\nsection 21(2) (unincorporated association);\nsection 22(4) (partnership that is regarded as a legal person under the law of the country or territory under which it is formed).\n(5) A licence shall be granted subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) substituted (7.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 10 para. 29(2)(a) (with s. 147, Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(55)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) substituted (7.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 10 para. 29(2)(b) (with s. 147, Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(55)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(2) substituted (7.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 10 para. 29(3) (with s. 147, Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(55)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(5) substituted (7.4.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), s. 159(3), Sch. 10 para. 29(4) (with s. 147, Sch. 11); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 4(1)(55)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 7 in force at 1.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/447, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/11/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:18.496826+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."
}