Apprenticeship Act, 1959

Fees payable to An Chomhairle.

55.—(1) Where a person is taken into employment by way of apprenticeship in a designated trade, there shall be paid by him to An Chomhairle a fee (being a fee in respect of registration in the register of apprentices kept under section 44 of this Act) of such amount as may be prescribed.

(2) During the period during which a person remains employed by way of apprenticeship in a designated trade, there shall be paid by him to An Chomhairle such annual fees as may be prescribed.

(3) Rules for the purposes of this section shall require the consent of the Minister.

(4) In default of being paid a fee under this section, An Chomhairle may recover it from the person (including a person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years) liable therefor as a simple contract debt in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

(5) An Chomhairle may, where it so thinks proper in any particular case, exempt a person from payment of any fee under this section.