Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 17

Voluntary registration of apprenticeship

(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. (Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)