Apprenticeship Ordinance

(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. 11
)