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Western Australia
Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006
CONTENTS
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. The Act amended 2
4. Section 28A inserted 2
28A. Ministerial approval of part-time
employment 2
5. Section 29A amended 2
6. Section 29B inserted 3
29B. Part-time employment of apprentices and
industrial trainees 3
7. Section 30 amended 4
8. Section 42 amended 4
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Western Australia
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
Industrial Training Amendment Bill 2006
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Industrial Training Act 1975.
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
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1. Short title
This is the Industrial Training Amendment Act 2006.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on a day to be fixed by
5 proclamation.
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Act are to the Industrial Training
Act 1975*.
[* Reprinted as at 3 December 1999.
10 For subsequent amendments see Act No. 28 of 2006.]
4. Section 28A inserted
After section 28 the following section is inserted --
"
28A. Ministerial approval of part-time employment
15 The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette,
approve of an apprentice, or industrial trainee, of a
class specified in the notice being employed on a
part-time basis.
".
20 5. Section 29A amended
After section 29A(3) the following subsection is inserted --
"
(4) The Director must not approve of the employment of a
probationer on a part-time basis unless the Director is
25 satisfied that an apprenticeship or industrial training
agreement in respect of that probationer would meet
the requirements of section 29B.
".
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6. Section 29B inserted
After section 29A the following section is inserted --
"
29B. Part-time employment of apprentices and industrial
5 trainees
(1) An apprenticeship or industrial training agreement
must not be registered under this Act if the
employment of the apprentice or industrial trainee is to
be on a part-time basis unless --
10 (a) the Minister has approved under section 28A of
an apprentice, or industrial trainee, of that class
being employed on a part-time basis; and
(b) the Director has notified the Registrar that the
Director is satisfied that --
15 (i) the training (including required courses
or skills training programmes) of the
apprentice or industrial trainee can be
completed within the term of the
agreement; and
20 (ii) the employer will provide the apprentice
or industrial trainee with adequate
training during the term of the
agreement; and
(iii) the apprentice or industrial trainee will
25 be employed for at least the prescribed
minimum hours.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, employment of an
apprentice or industrial trainee is on a part-time basis if
the hours of employment are less than --
30 (a) the ordinary hours of work specified in the
industrial instrument that applies to the
employment of the apprentice or industrial
trainee; or
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(b) if there is no industrial instrument that specifies
the apprentice's or industrial trainee's ordinary
hours of work, the prescribed hours.
(3) In subsection (2) --
5 "industrial instrument" means an award or industrial
agreement as defined in the Industrial Relations
Act 1979, or an award or workplace agreement as
defined in the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the
Commonwealth.
10 ".
7. Section 30 amended
(1) Section 30 is amended by inserting before "The" the subsection
designation "(1)".
(2) At the end of section 30 the following subsection is inserted --
15 "
(2) An apprenticeship agreement or industrial training
agreement for an apprentice or industrial trainee who is
to be employed part-time may provide for the term of
the apprenticeship or industrial training to be up to
20 50% longer than the term prescribed.
".
8. Section 42 amended
After section 42(2)(b) the following paragraph is inserted --
"
25 (c) provide for a minimum number of hours of
employment of a probationer, apprentice or
industrial trainee;
".
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