Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 47

Regulations

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(1) The Director, with the approval of the Commissioner, may make regulations
for all or any of the following purposes- (Amended 13 of 1982 s. 10)

   (a)  prescribing the terms and conditions to be included in a
        contract of apprenticeship in a designated trade;

   (b)  prescribing the period of probation to be served by apprentices in
        designated trades and the termination of contracts of apprenticeship
        during the period of probation;

   (c)  prescribing the minimum standard of education required to be attained
        by persons as a pre-requisite to their employment as apprentices in
        designated trades;

   (d)  prescribing the hours of employment of registered apprentices;

   (e)  providing for the frequency and manner of payment of wages to
        registered apprentices;

   (f)  providing for the medical examination of apprentices in
        designated trades;

   (g)  providing for the registration of contracts of apprenticeship and
        other matters which are required to be registered under this Ordinance
        and the maintaining of the register;

   (h)  prescribing any thing which is to be or may be prescribed under this
        Ordinance;

   (i)  generally for the better carrying out of the provisions and purposes
        of this Ordinance.

(1A) The Director, with the approval of the Commissioner, may in writing, in
such cases as he thinks fit and for such period and subject to such conditions
as he may specify, exempt any person or class of persons from any regulations
made under this section. (Added 27 of 1984 s. 2)

(2) Any regulations made under this section may provide that a contravention
of specified provisions thereof shall be an offence and may prescribe
penalties therefor not exceeding a fine of $5000.

(3) All regulations made under subsection (1) shall be submitted to the
Governor and shall be subject to the approval of the Legislative Council.