Regulations, 2003

L.N. 109 of 2003

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 343)

Technician Apprenticeship Scheme (Amendment)

Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 37 of the

Employment and Training Services Act, the Deputy Prime Minister and

Minister for Social Policy, after consulting the Employment and Training

Corporation, and with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, has

made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Technician

Apprenticeship Scheme (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Technician Apprenticeship

Scheme, 1990, hereinafter referred to as “the principal Scheme”.

(2) Regulation 2 hereof shall be deemed to have come into

force on the 1 st June, 2002 and regulation 3 on the 1 st January, 2003.

Regulation 9 of the principal Scheme shall be amended as

follows:-

(a) for paragraphs (a) and (b) of sub-regulation (1) thereof

there shall be substituted the following

“(a)

during the first year of the apprenticeship –

(i) a grant of Lm140 paid on a once-only basis to

cover expenses related to the purchase of educational

equipment,

(ii) a fixed maintenance grant of Lm40 per month

made available during the academic year, and

(iii) a Lm100 per month, outside the academic

year payable to apprentices participating in on-the-job

training with an employer’s establishment, approved by

the Corporation;

(b) during the second year of the apprenticeship -

(i) apprentices attending full-time at the educational

establishement shall be eligible to a (ii) and (iii) above; while

(ii) apprentices attending part-time at the educational

establishment shall be eligible for the following –

a maintenance grant of Lm40 per month for twelve

months paid by the Government, and

a wage of Lm1,120 per annum paid by the

employer;”;

(b) for sub-regulations (3) and (4) thereof there shall be

substituted the following:-

“(3) From the year of apprenticeship that the

apprentices become eligible to start their on-the-job training,

apprentices will be entitled to half the annual statutory bonus

payable in accordance with article 29 of the Conditions of

Employment (Regulation) Act. The bonus is payable by the

employer.

(4) Regulations 11, 12, 13 and 14 of these regulations

shall apply from the year of the apprenticeship that the

apprentice shall become eligible to initiate the on-the-job

training.”; and

(c) for sub-regulation (6) thereof there shall be substituted

the following:-

“(6) (a) First year apprentices who are eligible to start

their on-the-job training during the second year, shall not be

entitled to the maintenance grant during the period outside

the academic year, unless they attend for practical training at

an establishment approved by the Corporation.

(b) The same principle as above applies to those second

year apprentices who are eligible to start their on-the-job

training during their third year of apprenticeship.”.

For regulation 10 of the principal Scheme, there shall be Substitutes

regulation 10

substituted the following:-

of the principal

Scheme.

“10. Apprentices shall be entitled to National Holidays with

full pay and to all Public Holidays with full pay and to such working

days vacation leave calculated as follows:-

Two days of vacation leave for every twenty days attendance

at the employer’s establishment, accumulated as on-the-job

training.

The employer shall not grant such days of vacation leave on

any day during which the apprentice is required to attend an

educational establishment in accordance with the provisions of

regulation 6 of these regulations.”.

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