# The Gangmasters (Licensing Conditions) Rules 2009, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules revoke and replace the Gangmasters (Licensing Conditions) (No.2) Rules 2006 (S.I. 2006/2373). They set out the procedure for licensing gangmasters covered by the provisions of the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 and the conditions that will apply to the licences.
Rule 3 sets out requirements relating to applications for licences.
Rule 4 and the Schedule specify the licence conditions that apply to licence holders.
Rule 6 makes provisions for fees.
Rule 7 provides that a failure to comply with these Rules by a licence holder is, so far as it causes damage, actionable.
Rule 8 makes provision relating to contracts affected by these Rules.
The Schedule contains licence conditions which apply to licence holders.
No impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument, although a regulatory impact assessment and partial regulatory impact assessment were prepared for S.I. 2006/660 and 2006/2373, and are still considered to be accurate. Copies of these may be obtained from the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, PO Box 8538, Nottingham, NG8 9AF.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/307/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gangmasters-licensing-conditions-rules-2009/note
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