Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 16

Compulsory registration of existing contracts of apprenticeship

(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. (Amended
13 of 1982 s. 11)