Cap. 210 Art. 18Permit to employ persons not registeredalthough quota condition is not satisfied.

(1) On an application being made in that behalf by any person to whom article 15 applies, the Minister may grant a permit for the purposes of sub-article (4) of that article if it appears to him to be expedient so to do having regard to the nature of the work for which the applicant desires to take a person or persons into his employment and the qualifications and the suitability for the work of any available registered person or registered persons, or if he is satisfied that there is no such person or an insufficient number of such persons available therefor.

(2) Any such permit may be made subject to such conditions as may be specified therein and may be granted as respects the employment either of one or more persons specified or described therein or of a specified number of persons.

(3) The Minister shall, before granting or refusing any permit under the provisions of sub-article (1), refer the application to the Corporation for their recommendations.