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Explanatory Memorandum
This Bill makes several amendments to the
Apprenticeship Ordinance found necessary after 4 years of operation.
2.
Clause 2 provides that technical institutions shall give preference to registered apprentices who are required by attendance orders to enter courses at institutions over persons who are not registered
apprentices.
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Clause 3 extends the option for the registra- tion of contracts of apprenticeship that do not have to be registered so that an older apprentice designated trade and any apprentice in a non-designated trade may register his apprenticeship provided it is
in a suitable form and so gain the benefits of registration.
4.
Clause 4 enables the Commissioner for
Labour to shorten the period of notice required to terminate a contract of apprenticeship where he is of the opinion that a shorter period of notice would be beneficial to the apprentice.
5.
Clause 5 amends section 31 of the principal Ordinance to remove an anomaly so that the sanctions
applicable to a registered apprentice who repudiates his contract or is dismissed for misconduct apply to all registered apprentices and not only to those