{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-restrictions-on-employment-order-2007/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/3290",
  "legislation_title": "The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-restrictions-on-employment-order-2007",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) To the extent provided for by paragraphs (2) and (3) an employer is excused from paying a penalty under section 15 of the 2006 Act if—\n(a) the employee ... produces to the employer any of the documents or combination of documents described in part 1 of list B in the Schedule to this Order; and\n(b) the employer complies with the requirements set out in article 6 of this Order.\n(2) Subject to article 5 an employer will be excused under this article from paying a penalty under section 15 of the 2006 Act for the period for which a document produced under paragraph (1)(a) provides that the employment is permitted.\n(3) If, on the date on which the period specified in paragraph (2) expires, the employer is reasonably satisfied that the employee has an outstanding application to vary his leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom or the employee has an appeal or administrative review pending against a decision on that application, the employer will be excused from paying that penalty for a further period beginning with the date on which the period specified in paragraph (2) expires and ending—\n(a) after 28 days, or\n(b) if earlier, on the date on which the Secretary of State gives the employer written notice that the employee does not have the right to undertake the employment in question.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 4, 4A substituted for art. 4 (16.5.2014) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Codes of Practice and Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1183), arts. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(1)(a) omitted (28.1.2019) by virtue of The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Code of Practice and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1340), arts. 1, 2(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(3) inserted (28.1.2019) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Code of Practice and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1340), arts. 1, 2(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 29.2.2008, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/700",
      "affecting_title": "The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/700",
      "affecting_title": "The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment and Residential Accommodation) (Prescribed Requirements and Codes of Practice) (Amendment) Regulations 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3290/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:40:59.129888+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."
}