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Rules in relation to period of apprenticeship.
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28.—(1) An apprenticeship committee shall make rules in relation to the period (including any probationary period) of employment by way of apprenticeship in the trade for which the committee is established and in the district of the committee.
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(2) A person who is employed by way of apprenticeship in a trade to which rules under this section relate and in the district of the apprenticeship committee shall, where the employment commenced while the rules were in force and notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, be deemed to be employed under an agreement signed by the person and his employer whereby the employer agrees to employ the person, and the person agrees to serve the employer, for the period of apprenticeship specified in the rules, but the committee may, if it so thinks fit, release both parties from their respective obligations under the agreement implied by this subsection or modify such agreement or, with the consent of—
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(a) in case the person has attained the age of eighteen years, the person, and
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(b) in case the person has not attained the age of eighteen years, the parent (if any) of the person,
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transfer the benefits and obligations of the employer under such agreement to another employer carrying on the trade in the district.
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(3) In subsection (2) of this section “parent”, in relation to a person employed by way of apprenticeship who has not attained the age of eighteen years, means the individual having the legal custody of the person and where, owing to the absence of that individual or for any other reason, the person is not living with or in the actual custody of that individual, includes the individual with whom the person is living or in whose actual custody the person is.
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