Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981 01-00-01 Xml

Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 2 August 2002

Western Australia

Industrial Training Act 1975

Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981

1.Citation

These regulations may be cited as the Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981 1.

2.Repeal and commencement

The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1978 are repealed on, and these regulations take effect on and from, 20 July 1981.

3.Construction

These regulations shall be construed in conjunction with the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981 as if these regulations were incorporated in and formed part of those regulations.

4.Interpretation

In these regulations unless the contrary intention appears —

“approved” means approved by the Council 2;

“directed” means under a direction of the Director of Technical Education 3 or the chief executive officer of an approved college 4;

“stage” in relation to a course of training applicable to a trade means an approved stage of that course;

“trade” means a trade that is an apprenticeship trade for the purposes of the Act, listed in Schedule 1.

[Regulation 4 amended in Gazette 30 Dec 1983 p. 5028; 24 Dec 1987 p. 4548.]

5.Course of training

(1)The Council may by notice published in the Western Australian Industrial Gazette declare the course of training applicable in relation to any trade.

(2)A notice referred to in subregulation (1) may by subsequent notice be varied or cancelled by the Council.

(3)Until the Council pursuant to subregulation (1) declares the course of training applicable in relation to a trade the course of training approved by the Director in relation to that trade under the provisions of the Industrial Arbitration Act 1912 5 and in force immediately before the coming into operation of the Industrial Training Act 1975 is the prescribed course of training in relation to that trade.

6.Term of apprenticeship

(1)The term of an apprenticeship in a trade listed in Schedule 1 is the term specified in that schedule opposite the trade unless it is provided otherwise under these regulations or the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981.

(2)Where an apprentice commences an apprenticeship for a trade during or after 1988 and the term of the apprenticeship is shown in Schedule 1 as 4 or 5 years, the term shall be only 3 years if the apprentice has successfully completed an approved pre‑apprenticeship course consisting of —

(a)2 or more stages of the course of training for the apprentice’s trade; or

(b)less than 2 stages of the course of training for the apprentice’s trade and the apprentice and his or her employer and, if applicable, parent or guardian agree to a 3 year term.

(3)The Director may reduce the term of an apprenticeship for a trade on the application of the apprentice in a form approved by the Director if —

(a)the apprentice has completed 3 years of the apprenticeship;

(b)the apprentice has, during or after 1987, successfully completed an approved pre‑apprenticeship course consisting of less than 2 stages of the course of training for the trade; and

(c)in the opinion of the Director, the apprentice is competent in the trade.

[Regulation 6 inserted in Gazette 24 Dec 1987 p. 4548.]

7.Attendance at classes

(1)In this regulation unless the contrary intention appears “column” means a column of Schedule 2, Schedule 3 or Schedule 3A.

(2)Subject to regulation 9, an apprentice in a trade specified in column 1 whose term of apprenticeship is for a term specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 shall attend classes conducted by the Technical Education Division of the Education Department 6 or an approved college as directed, at the centre applicable to his case during the first, second, third and, if applicable, fourth year of his apprenticeship for the periods respectively specified opposite and corresponding to his trade in columns 2, 3, 4 and, if applicable, 5.

[Regulation 7 amended in Gazette 28 Sep 1993 p. 5322; 2 Nov 2001 p. 5794.]

8.Correspondence and training

(1)In this regulation unless the contrary intention appears “column” means a column of Schedule 4.

(2)Subject to regulation 9, an apprentice in a trade specified in column 1 whose term of apprenticeship is for a term specified in column 2 of Schedule 1 and who is directed to undertake instruction by correspondence lessons and to attend classes of intensive training as applicable to his case, shall undertake such lessons and training during the first, second, third and fourth year of his apprenticeship at the rate and for the periods respectively specified opposite and corresponding to his trade in columns 2, 3, 4 and 5 respectively.

9.Alternative direction of Director

Notwithstanding anything in regulations 7 and 8, the Director may direct an apprentice to attend classes and undertake correspondence lessons at such rate, times and for such periods specified in the direction in lieu of the rate, times and periods prescribed by regulations 7 and 8 and effect shall be given to such a direction.

Schedule 1

[Reg. 6]

Prescribed apprenticeship trades and terms of indenture

TRADE	TERM
Jewellery
Watch and Clock Making	5 years
Watch and Clock Repairing
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer — Avionics	4 years
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer — Mechanical
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer — Structures
Art Glass
Autobody Refinisher
Autobody Repairer
Automotive Electrical Fitting
Baking (Combined Breadmaking and Pastrycooking)
Bespoke and Surgical Bootmaking
Binding and Finishing
Boatbuilding
Breadmaking
Bricklaying
Cabinetmaking
Carpentry and Joinery
Chairmaking
Combined Hairdressing
Cooking
Dental Technician
Electrical Installing
Electrical Mechanics
Electronic Servicing
Engine Reconditioning
Engineering Tradesperson (Automotive)
Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical)
Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication)
Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical)
Footwear Repairing
French Polishing (Including All Wood Finishing)
Fuel Injection Fitting
Furniture Making	4 years
General Butchering
Glass Bevelling
Glass Designing and Sandblasting
Glazing
Glazing — Bevelling
Graphic Pre‑Press
Hairdressing
Horticulture (Gardening)
Horticulture (Landscape Gardening)
Horticulture (Nursery)
Horticulture (Turf Management)
Instrument Fitting
Ladies Hairdressing
Locksmithing
Machine Woodworking
Male Hairdressing
Metal Furniture Making
Modelling (Fibrous Plaster)
Optical Mechanics
Painting and Decorating
Pastrycooking
Plastering
Plumbing and Gasfitting
Printing Machining
Radio and TV Servicing
Roof Plumbing
Saw Doctoring
Screen Printing Stencil Preparation
Ship Carpentry and Joinery
Shipwrighting
Shipwrighting and Boatbuilding
Signwriting
Slaughtering
Small Goods Making
Soft Furnishing Making
Sprinkler Fitting
Stonemasonry
Tailoring	4 years
Tilelaying
Timber Machining
Toolmaking and Jigmaking (Metal Furniture)
Trimming
Upholstering
Wall and Ceiling Fixing
Weighing Instrument Mechanics
Wickerworking
Wood Machining
Wood Turning
Floorcovering	3 years
Footwear Manufacturing
Roof Tiling

[Schedule 1 inserted in Gazette 24 Dec 1987 p. 4548‑9; amended in Gazette 25 Nov 1988 p. 4760‑1; 2 Mar 1990 p. 1289; 14 Jan 1992 p. 127‑8 and 130; 16 Oct 1992 p. 5199; 28 Sep 1993 p. 5322; 2 Dec 1994 p. 6385; 10 Oct 1995 p. 4773 and 4774; 28 Nov 1995 p. 5493 and 5494; 17 May 1996 p. 2049; 4 Oct 1996 p. 5231; 12 Oct 2001 p. 5564; 2 Nov 2001 p. 5794.]

Schedule 2

Attendance at Technical Training Classes on day release

Column 1	Column 2 Technical Year 1 Days	Column 3 Technical Year 2 Days	Column 4 Technical Year 3 Days	Column 5 Technical Year 4 Days
Automotive Electrical Fitting ..........................	36	36	18
Bespoke and Surgical Bootmaking ..................	18	18
Bookbinding and Guillotine Machine Operating ...................................................	36	36	36
Cabinetmaking .................................................	36	36	18
Camera Operating, Plate Making and Etching	36	36	36
Carpentry and Joinery .....................................	36	36	18
Chairmaking ....................................................	36	36	18
Composing Machine Mechanism ...................	18	36	18
Cooking ...........................................................	36	36	36
Dental Technician ............................................	36	36	36
Electrical Installing ..........................................	36	36	18
Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical) ............	36	36	36
Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication) .........	36	36	36
Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical) .........	36	36	36
Footwear Manufacturing .................................	18	18
Footwear Repairing .........................................	18	18
French Polishing (including all Wood Finishing) ..................................................	36	36	18
Fuel Injection Fitting .......................................	36	36	18
General Butchering ..........................................	18	18
Glazing .............................................................	36	36	18
Horticulture .....................................................	36	36	36
Instrument Fitting ............................................	36	36	18
Jewellery .........................................................	36	18	18	18
Ladies Hairdressing .........................................	36	18	18
Locksmithing ...................................................	36	36	18
Male Hairdressing ............................................	36	18	18
Modelling (Fibrous Plastering) ........................	36	18	18
Optical Mechanics ...........................................	18	18	18
Pastrycooking ..................................................	36	36	18
Plastering .........................................................	36	36	18
Radio and Television Servicing .......................	36	36	18
Shipwrighting ..................................................	36	36	18
Ship Carpentry and Joinery .............................	36	36	18
Slaughtering .....................................................	18	18
Smallgoods Making .........................................	18	18
Stereotyping .....................................................	18	36	18
Timbermachining .............................................	36	36	18
Toolmaking and Jigmaking (Metal Furniture)	36	36	18
Trimming .........................................................	36	36	18
Upholstering ....................................................	36	36	18
Weighing Instrument Mechanics .....................	36	36	36

For the purpose of this Schedule each day of attendance shall comprise 8 hours.

[Schedule 2 amended in Gazette 1 Nov 1985 p. 4229; 20 Dec 1985 p. 4882; 14 Jan 1992 p. 128 and 130; 28 Sep 1993 p. 5322; 10 Oct 1995 p. 4775; 4 Oct 1996 p. 5231.]

Schedule 3

Attendance at Technical Training Classes on block release

Column 1 Trade	Column 2 Technical Year 1	Column 3 Technical Year 2	Column 4 Technical Year 3	Column 5 Technical Year 4
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer —Avionics	4 blocks of 2 weeks for 40 hours per week	4 blocks of 2 weeks for 40 hours per week	4 blocks of 2 weeks of 40 hours per week	2 blocks of 2 weeks of 40 hours per week
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer —Mechanical	4 blocks of 2 weeks for 40 hours per week	4 blocks of 2 weeks for 40 hours per week	4 blocks of 2 weeks of 40 hours per week	4 blocks of 2 weeks of 40 hours per week
Aircraft Maintenance Engineer — Structures	4 blocks of 2 weeks for 40 hours per week	4 blocks of 2 weeks for 40 hours per week	4 blocks of 2 weeks of 2 40 hours per week	2 blocks of 2 weeks for 40 hours per week 1 block of 2 weeks for 30 hours per week
Saw Doctoring	6 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	6 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	6 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed
Bricklaying Carpentry and Joinery Instrument Fitting Painting and Decorating Signwriting	7 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	7 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	4 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed
Composing Printing Machine (Letterpress and/or Lithographic)	8 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	8 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	8 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed
Engineering Tradesperson (Electrical)	7 weeks and one day at 40 hours per week during the period directed	7 weeks and one day at 40 hours per week during the period directed	7 weeks and one day at 40 hours per week during the period directed
Engineering Tradesperson (Fabrication) Engineering Tradesperson (Mechanical)	7 weeks and one day at 40 hours per week during the period directed	7 weeks and one day at 40 hours per week during the period directed	7 weeks and one day at 40 hours per week during the period directed
Plumbing and Gasfitting	8 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	6 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	6 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed
Sprinkler Fitting	10 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	8 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	8 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed	8 weeks for 40 hours per week during the periods directed

[Schedule 3 amended in Gazette 30 Dec 1983 p. 5028; 1 Nov 1985 p. 4229; 14 Jan 1992 p. 128‑9 and 130‑1; 16 Oct 1992 p. 5199; 28 Sep 1993 p. 5322; 2 Dec 1994 p. 6385; 10 Oct 1995 p. 4775; 4 Oct 1996 p. 5232.]

Schedule 3A — Attendance at Technical Training Classes (irrespective of release type)

[r. 7(1)]

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Trade	Technical Year 1	Technical Year 2	Technical Year 3	Technical Year 4
Furniture Making	320 hours	320 hours	160 hours

[Schedule 3A inserted in Gazette 2 Nov 2001 p. 5795.]

Schedule 4

Technical training comprising correspondence lessons and/or courses of intensive training

Column 1	Column 2 Technical Year 1		Column 3 Technical Year 2		Column 4 Technical Year 3		Column 5 Technical Year 4
Trade	Number of Lessons	Days of Intensive Training*	Number of Lessons	Days of Intensive Training	Number of Lessons	Days of Intensive Training	Number of Lessons	Days of Intensive Training
Automotive Electrical Fitting .........	18	10	14	10	10	10	10	10
Bricklaying .....................................	10	10	10	10	10	10	5	10
Cabinetmaking ...............................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	10
Carpentry and Joinery ....................	15	10	20	10	10	10	...	...
Cooking ..........................................	19	10	18	10	18	10	...	...
Electrical Installing ........................	18	10	18	10	18	10	15	10
General Butchering ........................	24	10	24	10	...	...	...	...
Ladies Hairdressing .......................	12	...	12	...	12	...	...	...
Painting and Decorating ................	22	10	20	10	...	10	...	...
Pastrycooking ................................	10	10	10	10	16	10	...	...
Plastering .......................................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	...
Plumbing and Gasfitting ................	31	10	13	10	13	10	12	10
Radio and Television Servicing ....	25	10	20	10	...	10	...	10
Ship Carpentry and Joinery ...........	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	10
Shipwrighting ................................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	10
Signwriting ....................................	22	10	20	10	9	10	...	...
Slaughtering ..................................	24	10	24	10	...	...	...	...
Smallgoods Making ......................	24	10	24	10	...	...	...	...
Timber Machining ........................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	10
Trimming ......................................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	10
Upholstery .....................................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	...
Wall and Ceiling Fixing ................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	...
Wood Machining ...........................	...	10	...	10	...	10	...	...

*For the purpose of this Schedule in each year the attendance of 10 days shall comprise a period of continuous release and each day of attendance shall comprise 8 hours.

[Schedule 4 amended in Gazette 30 Dec 1983 p. 5028; 1 Nov 1985 p. 4229; 14 Jan 1992 p. 129; 28 Sep 1993 p. 5322; 10 Oct 1995 p. 4775; 4 Oct 1996 p. 5232.]

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Notes

1This reprint is a compilation as at 2 August 2002 of the Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table 7.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981	17 Jul 1981 p. 2935‑40	20 Jul 1981 (see r. 2)
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1983	30 Dec 1983 p. 5027‑8	1 Jan 1984 (see r. 2)
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1984	25 Jan 1985 p. 350	25 Jan 1985
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1984	1 Feb 1985 p. 450	1 Feb 1985
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1985	8 Feb 1985 p. 542	8 Feb 1985
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1985	1 Nov 1985 p. 4229	1 Nov 1985
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1985	8 Nov 1985 p. 4296	8 Nov 1985
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1985	20 Dec 1985 p. 4882	20 Dec 1985
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1987	24 Dec 1987 p. 4548‑9	1 Jan 1988 (see r. 2)
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1988	25 Nov 1988 p. 4760‑1	25 Nov 1988
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1989	2 Mar 1990 p. 1289	2 Mar 1990
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1991 8	14 Jan 1992 p. 127‑9	14 Jan 1992
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1991 9	14 Jan 1992 p. 130‑1	14 Jan 1992
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1992	16 Oct 1992 p. 5199	16 Oct 1992
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1993	28 Sep 1993 p. 5321‑2	28 Sep 1993
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1994	2 Dec 1994 p. 6384‑5	2 Dec 1994
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1995 10	10 Oct 1995 p. 4773‑4	10 Oct 1995
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1995 11	10 Oct 1995 p. 4774‑5	10 Oct 1995
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1995	28 Nov 1995 p. 5493	28 Nov 1995
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 4) 1995	28 Nov 1995 p. 5494	28 Nov 1995
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 1) 1996 12	17 May 1996 p. 2049‑50	17 May 1996
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1996 13	4 Oct 1996 p. 5231‑2	4 Oct 1996
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 2001 14	12 Oct 2001 p. 5564‑5	12 Oct 2001
Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 2001	2 Nov 2001 p. 5794‑5	2 Nov 2001

2The definition of “Council” was deleted from s. 4 of the Act by the State Employment and Skills Development Authority Act 1990 s. 45(a)(ii). The definition of “Authority” inserted by s. 45(a)(i) of that Act was deleted by the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 Sch. 3 cl. 12.

3The Education Regulations 1960 r. 4 referred to the Director of technical education. Those regulations were repealed by the School Education Act 1999 s. 246(2).

4“Approved College” is defined in r. 4 of the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981: see r. 3 of these regulations. The Colleges Act 1978 was repealed by the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 s. 70(1).

5Repealed by the Industrial Arbitration Act 1979 s. 4, the short title of which was changed to the Industrial Relations Act 1979 by the Acts Amendment and Repeal (Industrial Relations) Act (No. 2) 1984.

6Under the Alteration of Statutory Designations Order (No. 3) 2001 the former Education Department is now called the Department of Education.

7The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 1984 published in Gazette 18 Jan 1985 p. 264 were cancelled by corrigendum in Gazette 25 Jan 1985 p. 350.

8The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1991 r. 7 reads as follows:

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7.Savings

(1)In this regulation “former trade” means a trade deleted by regulation 3 of these regulations from the trades listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations.

(2)Notwithstanding anything in these regulations an apprenticeship agreement relating to a former trade continues in force subject to the Industrial Training Act 1975, the principal regulations and the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981 as though the former trade continued to be a trade under the Act after the commencement of these regulations.

(3)Any record, certificate or order made or given in relation to an apprenticeship in a former trade continues to have effect notwithstanding anything in these regulations.

(4)Any person who completes the course of training prescribed in relation to a former trade under the principal regulations as in force before the commencement of these regulations is entitled to be issued with a certificate to that effect as though the former trade continued to be a trade under the Act at the time of such completion.

”.

9The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1991 r. 7 reads as follows:

“

7.Savings

(1)In this regulation “former trade” means a trade deleted by regulation 3 of these regulations from the trades listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations.

(3)Any record, certificate or order made or given in relation to an apprenticeship in a former trade continues to have effect notwithstanding anything in these regulations.

”.

10The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations 1995 r. 4 reads as follows:

“

4. Savings

(1)In this regulation “former trade” means the trade deleted by regulation 3 of these regulations from the trades listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations.

(2)Notwithstanding anything in these regulations an apprenticeship agreement relating to the former trade continues in force subject to the Industrial Training Act 1975, the principal regulations and the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981 as though the former trade continued to be a trade under the Act after the commencement of these regulations.

(3)Any record, certificate or order made or given in relation to an apprenticeship in the former trade continues to have effect notwithstanding anything in these regulations.

(4)Any person who completes the course of training prescribed in relation to the former trade under the principal regulations as in force before the commencement of these regulations is entitled to be issued with a certificate to that effect as though the former trade continued to be a trade under the Act at the time of such completion.

”.

11The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1995 r. 7 reads as follows:

“

7.Savings

(1)In this regulation “former trade” means a trade deleted by regulation 3 of these regulations from the trades listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations.

(3)Any record, certificate or order made or given in relation to an apprenticeship in a former trade continues to have effect notwithstanding anything in these regulations.

”.

12The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 1) 1996 r. 4 reads as follows:

“

4.Savings

(1)In this regulation “former trade” means the trade deleted by regulation 3 of these regulations from the trades listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations.

(2)Notwithstanding anything in these regulations an apprenticeship agreement relating to the former trade continues in force subject to the Industrial Training Act 1975, the principal regulations and the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981 as though the former trade continued to be a trade listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations after the commencement of these regulations.

(3)Any record, certificate or order made or given in relation to an apprenticeship in the former trade continues to have effect notwithstanding anything in these regulations.

”.

13The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Amendment Regulations (No. 2) 1996 r. 7 reads as follows:

“

7.Savings

(1)In this regulation “former trade” means a trade deleted by regulation 3 (a) of these regulations from the trades listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations.

(2)Notwithstanding anything in these regulations an apprenticeship agreement relating to a former trade continues in force subject to the Industrial Training Act 1975, the principal regulations and the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981 as though the former trade continued to be a trade listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations after the commencement of these regulations.

(3)Any record, certificate or order made or given in relation to an apprenticeship in a former trade continues to have effect notwithstanding anything in these regulations.

(4)Any person who completes the course of training prescribed in relation to a former trade under the principal regulations as in force before the commencement of these regulations is entitled to be issued with a certificate to that effect as though that former trade continued to be a trade listed in Schedule 1 to the principal regulations at the time of completion.

”.

14The Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 2001 r. 3 reads as follows:

“

3.Transitional

(1)Despite regulation 2, an apprenticeship agreement that would have related to either “Composition” or “Graphic Reproduction” (a “former trade”) continues in force, subject to the Industrial Training Act 1975, the Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981 and the Industrial Training (General Apprenticeship) Regulations 1981 as though the former trade were the trade of “Graphic Pre‑Press” listed in Schedule 1 to the Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981 after the commencement of these regulations.

(2)Any record, certificate or order already made or given in relation to an apprenticeship in a former trade continues to have effect notwithstanding anything in these regulations.

(3)Any person who completes the course of training prescribed in relation to a former trade under the Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981 as in force before the commencement of these regulations is entitled to be issued with a certificate for the trade of “Graphic Pre‑Press”, listed in Schedule 1 to the Industrial Training (Apprenticeship Training) Regulations 1981 as a consequence of these regulations.

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By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer