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CAP. 47]

Apprenticeship

[1982 Ed.

Existing employment of young persons.

Contents and

form of contracts of apprenticeship.

Parties to contracts of apprenticeship.

(3) Any employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5,000.

7. (1) Where a young person is in employment as an apprentice under a contract of apprenticeship in a trade or occupation on the date when such trade or occupation is specified as a designated trade, the employer may continue to employ such apprentice if the contract has been registered under section 17. (Replaced, 13 of 1982, s. 5)

(2) Where a young person is in employment as an apprentice under a contract of apprenticeship in a trade or occupation on the date when such trade or occupation is specified as a designated trade and subsection (1) does not apply to such contract, the employer shall-

(a) register the contract under section 16(1); or

(b) obtain an exemption from registration under section 18(2).

(3) Where a young person is in employment in a trade or occupation but not under a contract of apprenticeship on the date when such trade or occupation is specified as a designated trade, the employer shall within 60 days after the date on which the trade or occupation is so specified (or such further time as the Director may permit)-

(a) enter into a contract of apprenticeship with the young person in accordance with section 8; or

(b) on application made to the Director, obtain an exemption in writing from the provisions of section 6(1). (Amended, 13 of 1982, s. II)

8. (1) Every contract of apprenticeship in a designated trade shall be in writing and shall, in addition to any other particulars, contain the prescribed terms and conditions.

(2) Every such contract of apprenticeship shall be in the specified form or in a form which is substantially similar to the specified form.

9. (1) Every contract of apprenticeship under section 8 shall be signed by the parties.

(2) The parties to a contract of apprenticeship shall be-

(a) the employer (of the one part); and

(b) subject to subsection (3), the apprentice (of the second part).

(3) If at the time of signing a contract of apprenticeship the apprentice is a minor, any one of the following persons shall be joined as a party to the contract as the guardian of the apprentice