sec.15Training contract to be signed

sec.15 Training contract to be signed

The employer of a person who is to be trained by the employer as an apprentice or trainee must ensure a training contract is signed by the parties within 14 days after the day the apprenticeship or traineeship starts. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. The parties to the training contract are— the employer; and the person to be trained as an apprentice or trainee under the contract. If the person to be trained as an apprentice or trainee is under 18 years, the training contract must also include the signed consent of a parent of the person within the time mentioned in subsection (1) . However, subsection (3) does not apply if it would be inappropriate in all the circumstances for a parent to give signed consent. It may be inappropriate for a parent to give signed consent if the person to be trained as an apprentice or trainee is living independently of his or her parents. (sec.15-ssec.1) The employer of a person who is to be trained by the employer as an apprentice or trainee must ensure a training contract is signed by the parties within 14 days after the day the apprenticeship or traineeship starts. Maximum penalty—40 penalty units. (sec.15-ssec.2) The parties to the training contract are— the employer; and the person to be trained as an apprentice or trainee under the contract. (sec.15-ssec.3) If the person to be trained as an apprentice or trainee is under 18 years, the training contract must also include the signed consent of a parent of the person within the time mentioned in subsection (1) . (sec.15-ssec.4) However, subsection (3) does not apply if it would be inappropriate in all the circumstances for a parent to give signed consent. It may be inappropriate for a parent to give signed consent if the person to be trained as an apprentice or trainee is living independently of his or her parents.

• (a) the employer; and
• (b) the person to be trained as an apprentice or trainee under the contract.