Apprenticeship Ordinance

(1)
Subject to subsection (2) and
section 7
, an employer may employ a
                young person in a designated trade only if the young
person—
(a)
is an apprentice under a valid contract of apprenticeship in accordance
                    with
section 8
; or
(b)
has completed an apprenticeship, and is in possession of a certificate of
                    completion, in that trade.
(2)
The Director may, on application made to him in writing by an employer, exempt
                the employer in writing from the provisions of subsection (1
)—
(a)
in relation to any young person, if the Director is satisfied that the
                    young person has undergone sufficient training in the designated trade in which
                    he is to be or is employed;
(b)
if the employer is, in the opinion of the Director, unable to give any
                    young person adequate training in the designated trade in which he is to be or
                    is employed; or
(c)
if the Director with the advice of the Vocational Training Council is, for
                    any other reason, of the opinion that that subsection shall not apply to the
                        employer.
(Amended
13 of 1982 ss. 4
& 11)
(3)
Any employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
                shall be liable on conviction to a fine at level 2.
(Amended
E.R. 1 of
                2013
)