34Building and construction industry training plans

34 Building and construction industry training plans

(1)  The Board shall –

(a) in respect of the financial year commencing on 1 July 1991, as soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act; and

(b) in respect of each succeeding financial year, before 31 May last preceding that financial year –

prepare a building and construction industry training plan for the purpose of improving the quality of training and to increase the levels of skills in the building and construction industry.

(2)  A training plan –

(a) shall set out priorities for employment related training to be funded from the Fund; and

(b) shall provide for the allocation of money from the Fund for the provision of training.

(3)  In preparing a training plan the Board shall provide for the allocation of the resources of the Fund only in respect of skills formation accredited or approved in respect of the building and construction industry.

(4)  [Section 34 Subsection (4) amended by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] [Section 34 Subsection (4) amended by No. 12 of 2007, s. 28, Applied:01 Jul 2007] [Section 34 Subsection (4) amended by No. 39 of 2004, s. 35, Applied:01 Jan 2005] [Section 34 Subsection (4) amended by No. 9 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Apr 2003] The Board shall cause a training plan together with such other submissions, if any, that the Board considers appropriate to be submitted to the Secretary of the responsible Department in relation to the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 , who shall then submit the training plan and those submissions, if any, to the Minister for approval.

(5)  The Minister may request that a training plan be amended or revised before approval.

(6)  If the Minister approves a training plan –