1982 Ed.]
Apprenticeship
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(2) The Director shall recommend to organizations representing the interests of employers the taking of such steps as are desirable to ensure that there are a sufficient number of employees skilled in designated trades to satisfy the requirement for such employees.
5.
(Amended, 13 of 1982, s. 11)
(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Director or, as the case may be, the Commissioner may, either generally or in any particular case, delegate to an inspector or any other public officer the performance or exercise on his behalf of any of the functions, duties or powers imposed or conferred upon him under this Ordinance.
(2) Where any function, duty or power under this Ordinance is performed or exercised by an inspector or any other public officer, the Director or, as the case may be, the Commissioner shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have delegated to the inspector or other public officer under subsection (1) the performance or exercise of the function, duty or power.
(3) The Director or, as the case may be, the Commissioner shall not delegate his powers under section 46 or 47.
Delegation by the Director or the Commissioner.
(Amended, 13 of 1982, s. 3)
PART III
APPRENTICESHIPS
6. (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 7, an employer may employ a young person in a designated trade only if the young person-
(a) is an apprentice under a valid contract of apprenticeship in accordance with section 8; or
(b) has completed an apprenticeship, and is in possession of a certificate of completion, in that trade.
(2) The Director may, on application made to him in writing by an employer, exempt the employer in writing from the provisions of subsection (1)—
(a) in relation to any young person, if the Director is satisfied that the young person has undergone sufficient training in the designated trade in which he is to be or is employed;
(b) if the employer is, in the opinion of the Director, unable to give any young person adequate training in the designated trade in which he is to be or is employed; or
(c) if the Director with the advice of the Vocational Training Council is, for any other reason, of the opinion that that subsection shall not apply to the employer.
(Amended, 13 of 1982, ss. 4 & 11)
Employment of young persons in designated trades.