Hong Kong Ordinances

APPRENTICESHIP ORDINANCE - SECT 6

Employment of young persons in designated trades

PART III

APPRENTICESHIPS

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 7, an employer may employ a
young person in a designated trade only if the young person-

   (a)  is an apprentice under a valid contract of apprenticeship in
        accordance with section 8; or

   (b)  has completed an apprenticeship, and is in possession of a
        certificate of completion, in that trade.

(2) The Director may, on application made to him in writing by an employer,
exempt the employer in writing from the provisions of subsection

(1)-

   (a)  in relation to any young person, if the Director is satisfied that the
        young person has undergone sufficient training in the designated 
        trade in which he is to be or is employed;

   (b)  if the employer is, in the opinion of the Director, unable to give any
        young person adequate training in the designated trade in which he is
        to be or is employed; or

   (c)  if the Director with the advice of the Vocational Training Council is,
        for any other reason, of the opinion that that subsection shall not
        apply to the employer. (Amended 13 of 1982 ss. 4 & 11)

(3) Any employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on conviction to a fine of $5000.