Apprenticeship Act, 1959

Power to exempt employers in certain cases.

57.—(1) An Chomhairle may, if it so thinks proper in the case of the employment by way of apprenticeship of a particular person by a particular employer, exempt the employer from the requirements of subsection (3) of section 25 or subsection (3) of section 26 of this Act.

(2) An apprenticeship committee may, if it so thinks proper in the case of the employment by way of apprenticeship of a particular person by a particular employer, exempt the employer from specified requirements of rules under section 29 or section 31 of this Act and from the requirement of subsection (2) of section 32 of this Act.

(3) An apprenticeship committee may, if it so thinks proper in the case of the taking of a particular person into employment by way of apprenticeship by a particular employer, exempt the employer from the requirement of section 37 of this Act.

(4) An exemption shall not be granted under subsection (1) of this section unless, at a meeting of An Chomhairle, the chairman of An Chomhairle or, in his absence, the chairman of the meeting, and a majority of the workers' members and of the employers' members of An Chomhairle present and voting on the grant of the exemption vote in favour of granting the exemption.

(5) An exemption shall not be granted under subsection (2) or subsection (3) of this section unless, at a meeting of the apprenticeship committee, the chairman of the committee or, in his absence, the chairman of the meeting and a majority of the workers' members and of the employers' members of the committee present and voting on the grant of the exemption vote in favour of granting the exemption.