S.L. 594.1 Art. 6Period of apprenticeship.

The period of apprenticeship shall be of six years:

Provided that six months shall be deducted from the said period of six years, to a total deduction of not more than two years, in respect of:

(i) each year of attendance by the prospective apprentice following the attainment by him of the twelfth year of his age, at any woodworking course in a Government technical day-school, in St. Joseph Institute, Hamrun, or in any other technical or trade school or institute of comparable standard approved by the Minister, such attendance being certified as satisfactory by the Director of the school or institution concerned; and

(ii) each year or learnership in either of the callings of joiner or cabinet-maker undergone by the prospective candidate with the permission of the Director: Provided that in respect of contracts of apprenticeship entered into after the first day of January, 1970, for the words "six years" wherever they occur in this article, there shall be substituted the words "five years".