S.L. 594.13 Art. 6Classes of instruction.

(1) The Minister may by order specify such classes of instruction which apprentices employed under this scheme should attend.

(2) Any employer shall afford to any apprentice employed under this scheme facilities for attending such classes throughout the period of apprenticeship.

(3) Such classes shall not take up more than ten hours in any one week.

(4) Should the apprentice fail to attend any classes of instruction on any day without just cause, the employer shall be entitled to make a deduction from the wages of the apprentice equivalent to one-twelfth of the weekly rate in respect of each half-day, or part thereof, of default:

Provided that when the apprentice is conditioned to a five day week, the deduction shall be at the rate of one-tenth of the weekly rate in respect of each half-day or part thereof, of default.