Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001

The Commissioner may, on the application of the employer and the apprentice or trainee (or either of them alone) or on the Commissioner’s own initiative, suspend or cancel an apprenticeship or traineeship.

The Commissioner may not suspend or cancel the apprenticeship or traineeship unless the Commissioner is satisfied—

that both the employer and the apprentice or trainee consent to the suspension or cancellation, or

that it is reasonable in the circumstances to do so.

In addition, the Commissioner may not suspend or cancel an apprenticeship or traineeship on the application of the employer or the apprentice or trainee or on the Commissioner’s own initiative unless the Commissioner—

has given notice to the employer and the apprentice or trainee of the Commissioner’s intention to suspend or cancel the apprenticeship or traineeship, and

has given the employer and apprentice or trainee at least 21 days within which to make submissions to the Commissioner with respect to the proposed suspension or cancellation, and

has taken any such submissions into consideration.

The Commissioner must give notice to the employer and apprentice or trainee of a suspension or cancellation under this section specifying—

the grounds for the suspension or cancellation, and

the date from which the suspension or cancellation takes effect, and

in the case of suspension—the period of suspension.