CAP. 471
Apprenticeship
[1982 Ed.
(2) The Director may refuse to register a contract of apprenticeship sent under subsection (1) if he is satisfied that-
(a) the apprentice has not attained or will not attain the age of 14 years at the date of commencement of his employment as an apprentice;
(b) the apprentice is disqualified under section 31 from entering into the contract of apprenticeship;
(c) the contract does not provide for adequate training in a designated trade;
(d) the apprentice is not certified medically fit to undertake the employment contemplated by the contract;
(e) the apprentice has not attained the minimum educational standard prescribed as a prerequisite to employment as an apprentice in the designated trade in which he is to serve his apprenticeship;
(f) the employer does not employ sufficient persons who are sufficiently skilled in the designated trade concerned and able to give adequate instruction to enable the apprentice to learn and attain a reasonable standard of proficiency in the skills and operations specified by the Director in relation to that trade;
(g) the employer does not have sufficient machinery, equipment and materials to enable the apprentice to learn the skills and operations specified by the Director in relation to the designated trade concerned during the normal hours of employment laid down by the employer for his employees;
(h) subject to section 23, the period of apprenticeship required to be served by the apprentice differs from that specified for the designated trade in which he is apprenticed;
(i) the apprentice is subject to any obligations under any other contract of apprenticeship;
(j) the contract has not been read over and explained to, and is not clearly understood by, the apprentice and his guardian (if any);
(k) the apprentice and his guardian (if any) have not freely assented to the contract;
(l) the contract contravenes this Ordinance;
(m) the terms and conditions of the contract as a whole are not for the benefit of the apprentice.
(3) Where the Director refuses to register a contract of apprenticeship under subsection (2) he shall forthwith notify the parties to the contract in writing of his refusal and the grounds for refusal and the contract shall cease to be valid with effect from the date specified in such notice.
(Amended, 13 of 1982, s. 11)