6AAgreements to be entered into as consequence of making grants under section 4 (1A)

6A Agreements to be entered into as consequence of making grants under section 4 (1A)

[ Section 6A Inserted by No. 72 of 1986, s. 7 ]

(1)  Where the Minister makes a grant under section 4 (1A) to an employer, the Minister shall enter into an agreement with the employer under which –

(a) if the employer enters into the agreement at the commencement of the period of the traineeship being undertaken by the trainee in respect of whom the grant is made –

(i) the Minister shall pay to the employer, subject to section 7 (3) , the sum of $4 000 payable in 4 equal half-yearly instalments on the respective days specified in the agreement; and

(ii) the employer shall provide training and employment for the trainee for a period of 2 years commencing when the period of that traineeship commences; or

(b) if the employer enters into the agreement at the expiration of the period of the traineeship referred to in paragraph (a) –

(i) the Minister shall pay to the employer, subject to section 7 (3) , the sum of $5 000 payable, as nearly as possible, in 3 equal half-yearly instalments on the days respectively specified in the agreement; and

(ii) the employer shall provide employment for the trainee for a period of 18 months commencing immediately after the expiration of the period of the traineeship referred to in paragraph (a) .

(2)  A grant agreement for the purposes of subsection (1) shall be subject to such terms and conditions as are determined by the Minister and as are specified in the agreement.

(3)  Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (2) , the conditions to which a grant agreement entered into by an employer for the purposes of subsection (1) is subject may include conditions relating to the employment by the employer of persons otherwise than as trainees.

(4)  An employer to whom a grant under is made shall, in addition to maintaining the number of positions for trainees specified in the grant agreement to which the grant relates, maintains his employment establishment at at least the same number as it was on the relevant date.