Apprenticeship Ordinance

(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.