Apprentices
5 Apprentices
(1) An employee who is seeking to attain a nationally recognised qualification that is an approved qualification and that may be attained through being trained in an approved apprenticeship is an apprentice if a training contract for the approved apprenticeship has been signed by the persons mentioned in section 45(3).
However, an employee is not an apprentice if:
the employee's employer is a prohibited employer; or
(b) the employment of the person in the approved apprenticeship is not covered by an approval under section 38.
(3) An employee ceases to be an apprentice if the CEO decides to refuse to register the training contract under section 50(1).
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