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1982 Ed.]

Apprenticeship

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(3) If an attendance order requires an apprentice to attend a course of instruction during his normal hours of employment, the employer shall permit the apprentice to attend the course and the time spent at the course shall be deemed to be time spent at work in the employment of the employer.

(4) If any fees are required to be paid in respect of a course of instruction, and any examinations or tests incidental to such course, which an apprentice is required to attend under an attendance order. such fees shall, subject to subsection (5), be paid by the employer.

(5) An employer may require an apprentice or his guardian (if any) to pay any fees which are required to be paid in respect of a specified course of instruction, and any examinations or tests incidental to such course, which an apprentice is required to repeat by reason of his failure to satisfactorily complete the course or to pass any examination or test held in connexion with the course.

(6) Where during the continuance of an attendance order the employer on whom the attendance order was served under subsec- tion (2) ceases to be the employer by virtue of section 24, 25, 26 or 27, the Director shall- (Amended, 13 of 1982, s. 11)

(a) serve on the new employer a copy of the attendance order and this section shall bind the new employer as if he were the original employer; and

(b) notify the technical institution concerned of the name and

address of the new employer.

(7) Any employer who fails to permit an apprentice to comply with an attendance order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2,000 and, commencing with the day following the date of conviction for the offence, to a further fine of $200 for every day during which the offence continues during the continuance of the attendance order.

14A. Where the Director makes an attendance order in rela- tion to a registered apprentice, the technical institution specified in the order shall give preference to the registered apprentice, if he has attained the minimum educational requirements for entrance to the course, over other candidates who are not registered apprentices, for positions on the course.

( Added, 43 of 1980, s. 2. Amended, 13 of 1982, s. 11)

PART V

REGISTRATION OF CONTRACTS OF APPRENTICESHIP

15. (1) Every contract of apprenticeship entered into in com- pliance with section 6(1)(a) shall be sent by the employer to the Director within 14 days after it is executed (or such further time as the Director may permit) for registration under this Ordinance and the Director shall, subject to subsection (2), register all such contracts.

Preference to be given to registered apprentices.

Compulsory registration of new contracts of apprenticeship.

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