32Approval of training contract

32 Approval of training contract

(1)  The TTAC may –

(a) approve a training contract with or without amendments and conditions; or

(b) refuse to approve the training contract.

(2)  The TTAC may only approve a training contract if satisfied that –

(a) the contract does not relate to a qualification determined by the Secretary under section 31(4) to be a qualification in relation to which training contracts may not be entered into; and

(b) the contract does not contravene, and does not require a party to it to contravene, any conditions set out in the TTAC guidelines in relation to the particular qualification to which the contract relates; and

(c) the contract is in the form, and contains the contents, set out in the TTAC guidelines; and

(d) the employer and any proposed host employer are fit and proper persons within the meaning of section 48 ; and

(e) the number of trainees and apprentices employed by the employer does not exceed any maximum allowable number as determined by the TTAC.

(3)  If the TTAC approves a training contract, with or without amendment, that approval is effective on and from the day specified in the contract as the day on which the contract takes effect, regardless of whether that day is the day on which the approval is given, an earlier day or a later day.

(4)  If the TTAC approves a training contract with amendment –

(a) that amendment, if the contract takes effect on or after the day on which the approval is given, takes effect when the contract takes effect; or

(b) that amendment, if the contract takes effect before the day on which the approval is given, only takes effect on the day the approval is given.

(5)  If the TTAC approves a training contract with conditions and –

(a) the contract takes effect on or after the day on which the approval is given, the contract is subject to those conditions from the time it takes effect; or