Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 24

Assignment of contract of apprenticeship by employer

(1) A registered contract of apprenticeship shall not be assigned from one
employer to another employer except pursuant to this section or section 25.

(2) On receipt of an application in writing for approval to assign a
contract of apprenticeship, the Director may, after making such inquiries as
he thinks fit and obtaining the consent of the apprentice and his guardian (if
any), approve the proposed assignment.

(3) Where approval is granted under subsection (2) to the proposed assignment
of a contract of apprenticeship, the Director shall forward a form of
assignment to the parties for completion by the parties and the new employer
and return to the Director.

(4) On receipt of the completed form of assignment by the Director he shall
enter the name of the new employer in the register and the date on which the
assignment is to come into effect.

(5) Where an assignment of a contract of apprenticeship is registered under
subsection (4) the Director shall notify in writing-

   (a)  the original employer;

   (b)  the new employer; and

   (c)  the apprentice and his guardian (if any), of the assignment and the
        date on which it is to come into effect.

(6) Where the Director refuses to approve an application for assignment of a
contract of apprenticeship under subsection (2), he shall notify the applicant
in writing of his refusal and the grounds for refusal. (Amended 13 of 1982 s.
11)