Part 8: Fees Section 85: Immigration skills charge
Subsection (2) inserts new section 70A into the 2014 Act.
	Subsection (1) and (2) of new section 70A provide the Secretary of State with the power, through regulations, to require certain employers to pay an immigration skills charge for each worker from outside the European Economic Area whom they sponsor.
	Subsection (3) of new section 70A provides that the regulations may include information about the amount, method of payment, consequences of non-payment and for exemptions from the charge. The regulations may also provide for a reduction, waiver or refund of all or part of the charge.
	Any funds collected under this power must be paid to either the Consolidated Fund or applied as specified in the regulations (new subsection (4)). All regulations must be approved by the Treasury (new subsection (5)).