Apprenticeship Ordinance

(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.