1982 Ed.]
Apprenticeship
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16. (1) An employer who is a party to a contract of apprenticeship to which section 7(2) applies shall within 60 days after the date on which the trade or occupation to which the contract relates is specified as a designated trade (or such further time as the Director may permit) send the contract to the Director for registration under this Ordinance and the Director shall, subject to subsections (2) and (3) and section 18(2), register such contract.
(2) Before registering a contract of apprenticeship under subsection (1), the Director may require the parties to make any necessary variations to the contract so that it complies with section 8(1) and such variations shall become part of the contract and shall be signed by the Director and the parties.
(3) The Director may refuse to register a contract of apprenticeship sent under subsection (1) on any ground specified in section 15(2).
(4) Where the Director refuses to register a contract of apprenticeship under subsection (3) 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)}
17. (1) An employer who enters into a contract of apprenticeship that is not required to be registered under section 15(1) or 16(1) may, if the contract is in a form similar to that provided for in section 8, send the contract at any time to the Director for registration under this Ordinance, and the Director may, subject to subsections (2) and (3), register that contract. (Replaced, 43 of 1980, s. 3)
(2) Before registering a contract of apprenticeship under subsection (1), the Director may require the parties to make any necessary variations to the contract so that it complies with section 8(1) and if the parties agree such variations shall become part of the contract and shall be signed by the Director and the parties.
(3) The Director may refuse to register a contract of apprenticeship sent under subsection (1) if he is satisfied that-
(a) the trade or occupation to which the contract relates is one in respect of which an apprenticeship is not appropriate or necessary;
(b) had the contract been in respect of a designated trade, he would have refused to register the contract on any ground specified in section 15(2).
(4) Where the Director refuses to register a contract of apprenticeship under subsection (3) he shall forthwith notify the parties to the contract in writing of his refusal and the grounds for refusal.
(Amended, 13 of 1982, s. 11)
Compulsory registration of existing contracts of apprenticeship.
Voluntary registration of apprenticeship.
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