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Employment And Training Services Act (Cap. 343) Extended Skill Training Scheme (Amendment) Regulations, 2003. (L.N. No. 108 Of 2003 )

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICES ACT (CAP. 343)
Extended Skill Training Scheme
(Amendment) Regulations, 2003
IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 37 of the Employment and Training Services Act, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Social Policy, after consulting the Employment and Training Corporation, and with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, has made the following regulations>-

Citation and commencement.

L.N. 73 of 1998

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Amends regulation

9 of the principal regulations.

1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Extended Skill Training Scheme (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 and they shall be read and construed as one with the Extended Skill Training Scheme Regulations, 1998, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
(2) Regulation 2 hereof shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st June, 2002 and regulation 3 on the 1st January, 2003.
2. Regulation 9 of the principal regulations shall be amended as follows>-
(a) for sub-regulation (1) thereof there shall be substituted the following>-

“G[otijiet ta’ manteniment u ta’ pagi

9. (1) An apprentice under this Scheme shall be entitled to a maintenance grant and a wage as follows>-
(a) during the first year of the apprenticeship - (i) a grant of Lm140 paid on a once-only
basis to cover expenses related to the purchase of
educational equipment,
(ii) a fixed maintenance grant of Lm40 per month made available during the academic year, and
(iii) a Lm100 per month, outside the academic year payable to apprentices participating
in on-the-job training with an employer’s establishment, approved by the Corporation
(b) during the second year of the apprenticeship -
(i) apprentices attending full-time at the educational establishment shall be eligible to (a) (ii) and (iii) above< while
(ii) apprentices attending part-time at the educational establishment shall be eligible for the following -
a maintenance grant of Lm40 per month for twelve months paid by the Government, and
a wage of Lm1,070 per annum paid by the employer<
(c) during the third year of the apprenticeship - (i) a maintenance grant of Lm40 per month
for twelve months paid by the Government, and
(ii) a wage of Lm1,120 per annum paid by the employer<
(d) during the fourth year of the apprenticeship - (i) a wage of Lm1,650 per annum paid by
the employer.”<
(b) for sub-regulations (3) and (4) thereof there shall be substituted the following>-
“(3) From the year of the apprenticeship that apprentices become eligible to initiate their on-the-job training, apprentices will be entitled to half the annual statutory bonus payable in accordance with article 29 of the Conditions of Employment (Regulation) Act. The bonus is payable by the employer.
(4) Regulations 11, 12, 13 and 14 of these regulations shall apply from the year of the apprenticeship that the
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of the principal regulations.

apprentice shall become eligible to initiate the on-the-job training.”< and
(c) for sub-regulation (6) thereof there shall be substituted the following>-
“(6) (a) First year apprentices who are eligible to start their on-the-job training during the second year, shall not be entitled to the maintenance grant during the period outside the academic year, unless they attend for practical training at an establishment approved by the Corporation.
(b) The same principle as above applies to those second year apprentices who are eligible to start their on-the-job training during their third year of apprenticeship.”.
3. For regulation 10 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following>-
“10. Apprentices shall be entitled to National Holidays with full pay and to all Public Holidays with full pay and to such working days vacation leave calculated as follows>-
Two days of vacation leave for every twenty days attendance at the employerís establishment, accumulated as on-the-job training.
The employer shall not grant such days of vacation leave on any day during which the apprentice is required to attend an educational establishment in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6 of these regulations.”.

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