Apprenticeship Act, 1959
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Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act, save where the context otherwise requires— | |
“An Chomhairle” has the meaning specified in subsection (1) of section 8 of this Act; | ||
“apprenticeship committee” means a committee established by an order under section 22 of this Act; | ||
“apprenticeship district” means an area which is an apprenticeship district under an order under section 22 of this Act; | ||
“authorised officer” means a person appointed by the Minister to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act; | ||
“designated trade” means a trade which is for the time being declared by an order under section 21 of this Act to be a designated trade for the purposes of this Act and references to the carrying on of a designated trade and to employment by way of apprenticeship in a designated trade shall, in the case of a trade which is a designated trade in part only of the State, be construed, respectively, as referring to the carrying on of the trade and to employment by way of apprenticeship in the trade in that part of the State; | ||
“the establishment day” means the day appointed to be the establishment day for the purposes of this Act by order of the Minister under section 3 of this Act; | ||
“functions” includes powers and duties; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce; | ||
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by An Chomhairle under this Act; | ||
“supervisor” means a person appointed under section 53 of this Act to be a supervisor for the purposes of this Act; | ||
“trade” means any industry, occupation or business, and also includes any distinct branch of a trade, but does not include agriculture, horticulture, the making of butter, cheese or other dairy products or professional or clerical occupations. | ||
(2) A reference in this Act to performance of functions includes, as respects powers, a reference to exercise of those powers. |