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TEXT OF PART III OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR CONVENTION (No. 96) CONCERNING FEE-CHARGING EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES (REVISED 1949)

Article 10

Fee-charging employment agencies conducted with a view to profit as defined in paragraph 1 (a) of Article 1-

(a) shall be subject to the supervision of the competent authority;

(b) shall be required to be in possession of a yearly licence renewable at the

discretion of the competent authority;

(c) shall only charge fees and expenses on a scale submitted to and approved

by the competent authority or fixed by the said authority;

(d) shall only place or recruit workers abroad if permitted so to do by the com-

petent authority and under conditions determined by the laws or regula tions in force.

Article 11

Fee-charging employment agencies not conducted with a view to profit as defined in paragraph 1(b) of Article 1-

(a) shall be required to have an authorisation from the competent authority

and shall be subject to the supervision of the said authority

(b) shall not make any charge in excess of the scale of charges submitted to and approved by the competent authority or fixed by the said authority with strict regard to the expenses incurred; and

(c) shall only place or recruit workers abroad if permitted so to do by the com- petent authority and under conditions determined by the laws or regula- tions in force.

Article 12

The competent authority shall take the necessary steps to satisfy itself that non-fee-charging employment agencies carry on their operations gratuitously.

Article 13

Appropriate penalties, including the withdrawal when necessary of the licences and authorisations provided for by this Convention, shall be prescribed for any violation of the provisions of this Part of the Convention or of any laws or regula- tions giving effect to them.

Article 14

There shall be included in the annual reports to be submitted under Article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation all necessary informa- tion concerning the arrangements for supervision by the competent authority of the activities of fee-charging employment agencies including more particularly agencies conducted with a view to profit.

ANNEX II

METHOD OF REGULATION OF FEE-CHARGING EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES

1. Control of fee-charging employment agencies will be exercised by local authorities operating under the general supervision of the central Government.

2. Agencies would be required to obtain a licence from the County Council or County Borough Council (England and Wales) or the Common Council in the case of the City of London or Town Council of large Burgh (Scotland), as the case might be. General supervision would be exercised by the respective Secretaries of State.

3. The powers to be vested in these Local Authorities would cover the whole of Great Britain instead of the present control exercised only in some areas and in one of these only sketchily. The powers would, however be in general the same