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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-restrictions-on-employment-order-2007/article-5",
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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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An employer is excused from paying a penalty under section 15 of the 2006 Act by virtue of article 3(1) , article 4(2) , article 4A(2) or article 4B(2) only if the employee produces the relevant documents to the employer , or the employer obtains an online right to work check which confirms that the employee named in it is allowed to work in the United Kingdom and is allowed to do the work in question, prior to the commencement of employment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 5 substituted (28.1.2019) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Code of Practice and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1340), arts. 1, 2(7)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 5 substituted (16.5.2014) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Codes of Practice and Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1183), arts. 1(1), 4(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 5 substituted (28.1.2019) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Code of Practice and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1340), arts. 1, 2(7)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 5 substituted (16.5.2014) by The Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Codes of Practice and Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1183), arts. 1(1), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 5 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(7)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in force at 29.2.2008, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/3290/article/5",
    "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."
}