S.I. No. 407/2018 - Industrial Training (Retail Industry) Order 2018

1. This Order may be cited as the Industrial Training (Retail Industry) Order 2018.

2. The following activities are hereby declared to be designated industrial activities for the purposes of the

Industrial Training Act 1967

(No. 5 of 1967)

(

a

) the making and supporting of sales to customers in a retail outlet;

(

b

) the management of security and stock display in a retail outlet;

(

c

) the control of stock for sale in a retail outlet; and

(

d

) the processing and resolution of complaints made by customers in a retail outlet.

3. In this Order

“retail outlet” means a place in which, or an internet website from which, as the principal activity and in the normal course of business, goods are sold directly to the public, but does not include a place or an internet website which has as its principal activity the sale of food or beverages for consumption on the premises or the provision of services where the sale of goods is incidental or ancillary to the provision of services.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of An tSeirbhís OideachaisLeanúnaigh agus Scileanna,

12 September 2018.

The Seal of An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna was affixed in the presence of

PATRICK DELANEY,

a member of An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agusScileanna, authorised by An tSeirbhís OideachaisLeanúnaigh agus Scileanna to act in that behalf.

PAUL O’TOOLE,

a member of An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agusScileanna, authorised by An tSeirbhís OideachaisLeanúnaigh agus Scileanna to act in that behalf.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna was established under the

Further Education and Training Act 2013

to promote training in industry and commerce.

This Order defines the activities of the retail industry in relation to which An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna shall exercise its functions in the creation of statutory apprenticeships.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

12

th October

, 2018.

An tSeirbhís Oideachais Leanúnaigh agus Scileanna, after making such inquiries as it thinks proper and consultation with organisations and associations appearing to it to be representative of substantial numbers of employers in the activities referred to in this Order and of substantial numbers of persons employed in such activities, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by

section 23

of the

Industrial Training Act 1967

(No. 5 of 1967) and by

section 38

of the

Further Education and Training Act 2013

(No. 25 of 2013) hereby makes the following Order