Cap. 343 Art. 29Interpretation for the purposes of Part VII. Cap. 452.

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires -

"apprentice" means a person over the age of fifteen years who is bound by a written agreement to serve an employer for a determined period with a view to acquiring knowledge, including theory and practice, of a calling in which the employer is reciprocally bound to instruct that person and "apprenticeship" shall be construed accordingly; "calling" means any skill, trade, craft, or other occupation or section thereof, designated from time to time by a scheme or by the Minister by notice in the Gazette; "conditions of employment" has the same meaning as assigned to it in article 2 of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act; "journeyman" means a person who has served his apprenticeship and has satisfied a Trade Testing Board as to his proficiency in a calling;

"parent" in addition to its ordinary meaning includes any person who has the legal care or custody or the care or custody in fact of another person who has not attained the age of eighteen years; "prescribed" means prescribed by a scheme or by regulations under this Part; "scheme" means a scheme under this Part;

"Trade Testing Board" means a board constituted as in article 40; "trainee" means a person other than an apprentice, who is not of compulsory school age and who is receiving training under an agreement in writing in a calling or part of a calling otherwise than at a recognised educational establishment, provided that a trainee may be required to attend a recognised educational establishment as part of such training and "traineeship" shall be construed accordingly.