4Power of Minister to make grants

4 Power of Minister to make grants

(1)  *[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 72 of 1986, s. 5 ]**[Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 52 of 1987, s. 5 ]*Subject to this section, the Minister may make a grant to an employer who –

(a) on or after the relevant date, increases his employment establishment by creating a full-time position for –

(i) an unemployed person;

(ii) an eligible school leaver; or

(iii) [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 9 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:16 Apr 2003] [Section 4 Subsection (1) amended by No. 11 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2013] a person who, within the period of 3 months immediately preceding the increase of that employment establishment by the creation of that position for that person, has completed, or partly completed, an accredited training program required under a training contract as defined in the Training and Workforce Development Act 2013 ; and

(b) applies for the grant in accordance with section 5 .

(1A)  *[Section 4 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 72 of 1986, s. 5 ]*Subject to this section, the Minister may make a grant to an employer who –

(a) on or after the relevant date, increases his employment establishment by creating a position for a trainee; and

(b) applies for the grant in accordance with section 5 .

(2)  *[Section 4 Subsection (2) amended by No. 72 of 1986, s. 5 ]*The Minister shall not make a grant to an employer to whom subsection (1) or (1A) applies unless he is satisfied that –

(a) the employer has increased his employment establishment as mentioned in the appropriate subsection;

(b) the full-time position created as the result of the increase, in the case of an employer to whom subsection (1) applies, provides a genuine opportunity for the employment of an unemployed person, an eligible school leaver, or other person referred to in , as the case may be;