Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 26

Effect of death of employer

(1) Where the employer of a registered apprentice dies, the
contract of apprenticeship to which the employer was a party shall not be
determined by his death if the trade or occupation in which the apprentice was
employed is carried on by the personal representative of the deceased
employer. Such personal representative shall be the new employer and the
contract shall be binding on him as if he were a party to the contract in
place of the deceased employer.

(2) Where under subsection (1) a contract of apprenticeship binds a personal
representative, he shall, within 30 days after the death of the employer,
notify the Director in writing of such death and the date thereof. (Amended 13
of 1982 s. 11)

(3) The Director shall, on receipt of a notification under subsection (2),
enter in the register- (Amended 13 of 1982 s. 11)

   (a)  a note of the death of the employer and the date thereof; and

   (b)  the name of the personal representative.

(4) Where the name of the personal representative is registered under
subsection (3), the Director shall notify in writing- (Amended 13 of 1982 s.
11)

   (a)  the personal representative; and

   (b)  the apprentice and his guardian (if any), of such registration.

(5) A personal representative who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty
of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $2000.