Vocational and Industrial Training Board Act

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1 Short title and commencement

3 Establishment of Board

5 Constitution of Board

6 Salaries, fees and allowances payable to members

7 Vacation of office of member

8 Filling of vacancy in the office of a member

10 Member’s interest in contract to be made known

11 Validity of acts of members

12 Directions by Minister

13 Transfer to Board of property, assets and liabilities

14 Existing contracts

15 Pending proceedings

16 Transfer of employees

17 Continuation and completion of disciplinary proceedings

18 Misconduct or neglect of duty whilst in the employment of Lembaga or Industrial Training Board

19 Functions of Board

21 Appointment of committees and delegation of powers

23 Interpretation of this Part

24 Registrar of Vocational Training Institutions

25 Compulsory registration

26 Application for registration

27 Powers of Registrar to register a vocational training institution and to impose conditions

28 Certificate of registration

29 Grounds for refusing registration

30 Complaints against vocational training institution

31 Determination of complaints

33 Removal of disqualification

34 Constitution of Appeals Board

35 Proceedings before Appeals Boards and matters relating thereto

36 Powers of Registrar and authorised officers

38 Appointment of Director

39 Employment of staff

40 Pension schemes, provident fund, etc.

41 Personal immunity of members and officers of Board

48 Accounts to be kept

50 Powers of auditor

51 Presentation of financial statements and audit reports

53 Common seal and execution of documents

54 Compulsory insurance

55 Accidents happening in relation to training provided or approved by Board

56 Power to obtain information from employers

57 Obstructing officers of Board

58 Proceedings conducted by officers of Board

59 Consent of Public Prosecutor

60 General penalties

61 Offence by body corporate

63 Transitional provision

Vocational and Industrial Training Board Act

(CHAPTER 345)

(Original Enactment: Act 4 of 1979)

REVISED EDITION 1985

(30th March 1987)

An Act to establish the Vocational and Industrial Training Board and for matters connected therewith.

[1st April 1979^*]

^*Part V was not in operation when this Revised Edition was brought into force.

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Vocational and Industrial Training Board Act.

(2) The Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of the different provisions of this Act.

Interpretation

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

“Board” means the Vocational and Industrial Training Board established under section 3;

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 5(2);

“commerce or industry” includes any trade, manufacturing or service industry, business or other related activities;

“Deputy Chairman” means the Deputy Chairman of the Board appointed under section 5(2);

“Director” means the Director appointed under section 38(1);

“further education” means —

(a)	adult education; and
(b)	such other education for young persons who are not in attendance at any school or other educational institution as will enable them to develop their various aptitudes and capacities and will prepare them for gainful employment and the responsibilities of citizenship;

“Industrial Training Board” means the Industrial Training Board established under the repealed Industrial Training Board Act 1972 [36/72];

“Lembaga” means the Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa established under the repealed Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa Act [1970 Ed. Cap. 177];

“member” means a member of the Board and includes the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman and the Director;

“National Trades Union Congress” means the National Trades Union Congress registered under the Trade Unions Act [Cap. 333];

“vocational training institution” means any of the following:

(a)	an institution at which instruction or training in any subject, skill or trade for employment in commerce or industry or in any vocation therein is provided for 10 or more persons;
(b)	in the case of an institution providing such instruction or training for 10 or more persons by correspondence, the place where lessons or instructions are prepared or where answers are examined or corrected.

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