Section 48 amends the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 ("IANA 2006") to make provision for changes in employment practices. Subsection (1) provides that this section amends section 15 of the IANA 2006. Subsection (2) amends the heading preceding section 15.
	Subsection (3) inserts Section 14A and provides that reference to a person employing another person in sections 15 to 24 of the IANA 2006 now includes a person engaging an individual under a worker’s contract, a person engaging an individual sub-contractor and an online matching service providing details of an individual who is a service provider to potential clients or customers. References to an individual includes individuals only and references to a person includes both an individual and a body such as a company.
	Subsection 14A(2) provides that reference to employment in sections 15 to 24 of the IANA 2006 includes the engagement mentioned at paragraphs (a) or (b) of subsection (1).
	14A(3) defines "worker’s contract" to include a contract under which an individual undertakes to perform work for person A or another person regardless of whether the other person is identified in the contract and where Person A is not a client or customer of any business or professional undertaking of individual A. It also defines an "individual sub-contractor" to include an individual who has entered into a contract with a person B to provide work or services and where person B has entered into a contract with a third party to provide for or arrange the work or services, but the individual has not.
	Subsection 14A(3) also defines an "online matching service" to mean a person who keeps a register of service providers to match them with potential clients, provides an online service where potential clients can submit enquiries in order to be matched with suitable service provides and where the "online matching service" charges a fee or a commission in return. It also defines "service provider" to include a person providing or seeking to provide work or services in exchange for remuneration.
	Subsection 14A(4) provides that subsection (1)(a) and (2) does not apply where individual A undertakes to perform work or services for a person other than person A, under a worker’s contract, and the person for whom individual A performs work or services is a client of a profession or business undertaking of individual A.
	Subsection 14A(5) defines a contract to include a contract that is express (oral or in writing) or implied.
	Subsection 14A(6) provides that section 14A(a)(c) does not apply in relation to section 15A(1)(a), instead section 15A(3) and (4) address the application of that section to online matching services.
	Subsection (4) of the Act inserts Section 15A into the IANA 2006. Subsection 15A(1) provides that section 15A(4) applies where a person (A) employs an individual to provide work or services or is contracted to provide or arrange work or services and enters into contract under which another person provides or arranges the work or services or part of it.
	Subsection 15A(2) provides that section 14A(1)(c) (online matching services) does not apply in relation to section 15A(1) and instead section 15A (3) and (4) applies in relation to online matching services.
	Subsection 15A(3) provides that section 15A(4) applies where a person A is an online matching service who provides details of another person who is a service provider to potential clients and as a result of being matched by person A, the service provider enters into a contract with a client to provide work or services.
	Subsection 15A(4) has the effect that for the purposes of section 15, a person (A) will be treated as employing any individual (B) who personally provides the work or services including in circumstances where A is not in a contractual relationship with B or A does not know that B is providing the work or services.
	Subsection 15A(5) provides that section 15A(4) applies in circumstances where A is contracted to provide or arrange for the provision of work or services, regardless of whether the contract for the provision of work or services is the first contract or whether there is any other contract in a chain of contracts.
	Subsection 15A(6) provides that section 15A does not affect the liability of any other employer under section 15.
	Subsection 15A(7) provides that where there is reference to a person employing another person in section 15, 16, 17, 23 and 24 this will now include a reference to a person who is treated as such by virtue of section 15(A)(4).
	Subsection 15A(8) confirms that "online matching services" and "service provider" have the same meaning as that defined in section 14A.
	Subsection (5) of the Act amends Section 25 of the IANA 2006 by inserting the words "subject to section 14A and 15A and delete "whether" to the end of the paragraph and inserts paragraph (ba) which provides that reference to a contract includes a contract that is express (oral or in writing) or implied.
Part 2: Asylum and Immigration Employment Section 48: Extension of prohibition on employment to other working arrangements