Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 44

Power to extend age limit of young persons

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, extend the upper age limit in
the definition of "young person" in section 2 from 18 years to an age limit
not exceeding 21 years.

(2) Sections 6 and 7 shall not apply to an employer in respect of a person
who-

   (a)  is in his employment in a designated trade at the date when the upper
        age limit in the definition of "young person" is extended under
        subsection (1); and

   (b)  is included within the definition of "young person" by virtue of the
        extension, for so long as the employer continues to employ the
        young person in that designated trade.