Vocational and Industrial Training Board Bill

Bill No. 4/1979

Read the first time on 10th January 1979.
An Act to establish the Vocational and Industrial Training Board and for matters connected therewith and to repeal the Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa Act (Chapter 177 of the Revised Edition) and the Industrial Training Board Act, 1972 (No. 36 of 1972), and to amend the Education Act (Chapter 175 of the Revised Edition).
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows: —
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1.—(1)  This Act may be cited as the Vocational and Industrial Training Board Act, 1979, and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
(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 subsection (2) of section 5;
“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 subsection (2) of section 5;
“Director” means the Director appointed under subsection (1) of section 38;
“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“Industrial Training Board” means the Industrial Training Board established under the repealed Industrial Training Board Act, 1972 (Act 36 of 1972);
“Lembaga” means the Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa established under the repealed Lembaga Gerakan Pelajaran Dewasa Act (Cap. 177);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. 129);
“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 ten or more persons;
(b)in the case of an institution providing such instruction or training for ten or more persons by correspondence, the place where lessons or instructions are prepared or where answers are examined or corrected.