Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

National Apprenticeship Act (No. 49 of 1971)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.	   Short title  
   2.	   Division of apprentices into categories  
   3.	   Application of succeeding provisions of this Act  
   4.	   Establishment of the National Apprenticeship Board  
   5.	   General objects of the Board  
   6.	   Powers of the Board  
   7.	   Duties of the Board  
   8.	   Power of the Minister in relation to the Board  
   9.	   Constitution of the Board  
   10.	   Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Board  
   11.	   Term of office of the representative members of the Board  
   12.	   Power of the Minister to remove from office a representative member of the Board  
   13.	   Resignation of representative members  
   14.	   Casual vacancies among representative members  
   15.	   Temporary appointments of representative members of the Board  
   16.	   Eligibility of representative members for reappointment  
   17.	   Acts or proceedings of the Board deemed not to be invalid by reason of any vacancy, or defect in the appointment, of a member  
   18.	   Application of the seal of the Board  
   19.	   Reimbursement of expenses of representative members of the Board  
   20.	   Meetings of the Board  
   21.	   The Board deemed to be a scheduled institution within the meaning of the Bribery Ad  
   22.	   Power of the Board to appoint Committees  
   23.	   Appointment of Director of Apprenticeship,&c  
   24.	   Remuneration of Director &c  
   25.	   Appointment of acting Director  
   26.	   Staff of the Board  
   27.	   Appointment of public officers to the staff of the Board  
   28.	   Appointment of Inspectors  
   29.	   Powers of Inspectors  
   30.	   Apprenticeship Fund  
   31.	   Training access to be levied and paid in respect of certain establishments  
   32.	   Borrowing powers of the Board  
   33.	   Apprenticeship allowance  
   34.	   Other training costs  
   35.	   Surplus moneys  
   36.	   Board to utilize its moneys  
   37.	   Accounts of the Board  
   38.	   Financial year of the Board  
   39.	   Audit of accounts of the Board  
   40.	   The Auditor General's report  
   41.	   The Auditor-General's report and the report of the annual activities of the Board to be transmitted to the Minister  
   42.	   Qualifications for being engaged as an apprentice  
   43.	   Contract of apprenticeship  
   44.	   Period of apprenticeship training  
   45.	   Termination of contract of apprenticeship  
   46.	   Number of apprentices and their selection  
   47.	   Practical training of apprentices  
   48.	   Obligations of employers  
   49.	   Obligations of apprentices  
   50.	   Conditions of work  
   51.	   Conduct and discipline  
   52.	   Crown lands and buildings  
   53.	   Exemption from duties  
   54.	   Offences  
   55.	   Offences by bodies of persons  
   56.	   General penalty  
   57.	   Protection for action taken in good faith  
   58.	   Binding effect of contract  
   59.	   This Act to have precedence over other written law  
   60.	   Rules  
   61.	   Regulations  
   62.	   Protection for action taken under this Act or on the direction of the Board  
   63.	   No writ to issue against person or property of a member of the Board  
   64.	   Officers and servants of the Board deemed to be public servants  
   65.	   Records and returns  
   66.	   Records to be maintained by the Board  
   67.	   Interpretation