Apprenticeship Act, 1931

Constitution of apprenticeship committees.

4.—(1) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to every apprenticeship committee which is established by this Act for a designated trade which is a non-trade-board trade, that is to say:—

(a) such committee shall consist of—

(i) members (in this Act referred to as representative members) representing in equal proportions employers and employees engaged in such trade in such district, and

(ii) unless it is otherwise prescribed, members (in this Act referred to as appointed members) appointed by the Minister;

(b) the number of representative members shall be such even number as shall be prescribed and the number of appointed members (if any) shall be such number, not exceeding three, as shall be prescribed;

(c) the time and method of selection of representative members shall be such as shall be prescribed;

(d) the members of such committee shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed.

(2) Save as is otherwise provided by this section, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to every apprenticeship committee established by this Act for a designated trade which is a trade-board trade, that is to say:—

(a) such committee shall consist of—

(i) ex-officio members, and

(ii) unless it is otherwise prescribed, members (in this Act referred to as appointed members) appointed by the Minister;

(b) the ex-officio members of such committee shall—

(i) where such district is co-terminous with Saorstát Eireann, be the persons who for the time being are the representative members within the meaning of the Trade Boards Act, 1909, of the trade-board for such trade, and

(ii) where such district is part only of Saorstát Eireann and is co-terminous with the functional area of the district trade committee (if any) of the trade-board for such trade, be the persons (other than a person or persons appointed by the Minister under the Trade Boards Act, 1909, to be a member or members of such trade-board) who for the time being are the members of such district trade committee;

(c) the number of appointed members (if any) shall be such number, not exceeding three, as shall be prescribed;

(d) the appointed members (if any) shall hold office for such term as may be prescribed.

(3) Where the apprenticeship district of an apprenticeship committee for a trade-board trade is part only of Saorstát Eireann and there is for the time being no district trade committee for such trade whose functional area is co-terminous with such district, the apprenticeship committee for such district shall be constituted under this section in all respects as if such trade were a non-trade-board trade and shall continue to be so constituted unless and until such a district trade committee is established.

(4) The Minister may by regulations make provision for any matter or thing relating to the constitution of apprenticeship committees or of any class of such committees which is not provided for by this section, and may by such regulations make different such provision in respect of different classes of such committees.