Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/35/section/5
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(a)requiring persons carrying on such agencies and businesses to keep records;
(b)prescribing the form of such records and the entries to be made in them;
(c)prescribing qualifications appropriate for persons carrying on such agencies and businesses;
(d)regulating advertising by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses;
(e)safeguarding clients’ money deposited with or otherwise received by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses;
[F1(ea)restricting the services which may be provided by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses;
(eb)regulating the way in which and the terms on which services may be provided by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses;
(ec)restricting or regulating the charging of fees by persons carrying on such agencies and businesses.]
[F2(1A)A reference in subsection (1)(ea) to (ec) of this section to services includes a reference to services in respect of—
(a)persons seeking employment outside the United Kingdom;
(b)persons normally resident outside the United Kingdom seeking employment in the United Kingdom.]
(2)Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any regulation made under this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F3level 5 on the standard scale].
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