Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 25

Assignment of contract of apprenticeship by the Director

(1) Where-

   (a)  the Director is of the opinion that an employer is for any reason
        unable to, or does not, give an apprentice under a registered 
        contract of apprenticeship adequate training in accordance with the
        contract; or

   (b)  an employer notifies the Director in writing that he is, or will be,
        unable to give an apprentice under a registered contract of 
        apprenticeship adequate training in accordance with the contract, the
        Director may, with the consent of the apprentice and his guardian (if
        any), assign the contract to another employer who is prepared to
        accept such assignment and shall forward a form of assignment to the
        parties for completion by the parties and the new employer and return
        to the Director. Where the original employer is for any reason unable
        or refuses to sign the form of assignment, his signature on such form
        shall not be required.

(2) 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.

(3) When an assignment of a contract of apprenticeship is registered under
subsection (2), the Director shall notify in writing-

   (a)  the original employer (if he can be traced);

   (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. (Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)