Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 14

Attendance of courses by apprentices

(1) Where in the opinion of the Director a suitable course of instruction at a
technical institution is available for any registered  apprentice and the
apprentice should attend such course, the Director may make an
attendance order in the specified form requiring the apprentice to attend the
course whether the course is during his normal hours of employment or
otherwise. (Amended 13 of 1982 s . 11)

(2) An attendance order shall-

   (a)  specify the technical institution concerned, the name and nature of
        the course of instruction and the number of hours per week the
        apprentice is required to attend the course; and

   (b)  be served on the employer and the apprentice, and a copy of it shall
        be sent to the technical institution concerned.

(3) If an attendance order requires an apprentice to attend a course of
instruction during his normal hours of employment, the employer shall permit
the apprentice to attend the course and the time spent at the course shall be
deemed to be time spent at work in the employment of the employer.

(4) If any fees are required to be paid in respect of a course of instruction,
and any examinations or tests incidental to such course, which an apprentice
is required to attend under an attendance order, such fees shall, subject to
subsection (5), be paid by the employer.

(5) An employer may require an apprentice or his guardian (if any) to pay any
fees which are required to be paid in respect of a specified course of
instruction, and any examinations or tests incidental to such course, which an
apprentice is required to repeat by reason of his failure to satisfactorily
complete the course or to pass any examination or test held in connection with
the course.

(6) Where during the continuance of an attendance order the employer on whom
the attendance order was served under subsection (2) ceases to be the employer
by virtue of section 24, 25, 26 or 27, the Director shall- (Amended 13 of 1982
s. 11)

   (a)  serve on the new employer a copy of the attendance order and this
        section shall bind the new employer as if he were the original
        employer; and

   (b)  notify the technical institution concerned of the name and address of
        the new employer.

(7) Any employer who fails to permit an apprentice to comply with an
attendance order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine of $2000 and, commencing with the day following the date
of conviction for the offence, to a further fine of $200 for every day during
which the offence continues during the continuance of the attendance order.