No. 374/1946:

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (DUBLIN) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1946.

APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (DUBLIN) (CONFIRMATION OF RULES) ORDER, 1946.

WHEREAS the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin), established in accordance with the Hairdressing Trade (Constitution of Apprenticeship Committee) Regulations, 1934 ( S. R. & O. No. 353 of 1934 ), for the particular trade declared by the Apprenticeship Act (Hairdressing Trade) Special Order, 1934 ( S. R. & O. No. 195 of 1934 ), to be a designated trade for the purposes of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931), and in the area constituted by the Apprenticeship Act (Hairdressing Trade) Apprenticeship District Order, 1934 ( S. R. & O. No. 196 of 1934 ), to be an apprenticeship district for the purposes of such designated trade (namely the administrative county of Dublin and the County Borough of Dublin) has, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 8 of the said Act, made the rules set out in the Schedule to this Order and has submitted the same to the Minister for Industry and Commerce :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 9 of the said Act that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may, in respect of any rule submitted to him by an apprenticeship committee under the said Act, either by order confirm such rule or refuse to confirm such rule :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) of section 9 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1931 (No. 56 of 1931), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby orders as follows, that is to say :

1. This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) (Confirmation of Rules) Order, 1946.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order and to the Rules set out in the Schedule hereto.

3. The Rules set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby confirmed and shall come into operation on the 28th day of December, 1946.

SCHEDULE.

RULES MADE BY THE APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE FOR THE HAIRDRESSING TRADE (DUBLIN) ON THE 15th DAY OF OCTOBER, 1946.

The Rules set out in the Schedule to the Apprenticeship Committee for the Hairdressing Trade (Dublin) Confirmation of Rules Order, 1938, are hereby amended as follows, that is to say, by the deletion of the rules in the said Schedule comprised under the heading " Part I—Rules Regulating the Educational Qualifications of Apprentices " and by the substitution therefor of the following :—

PART I—RULES REGULATING THE EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS OF APPRENTICES.

The Committee prescribe that Employees at entry on apprenticeship must have :—

(a) THE PRIMARY SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

or

(b) Completed not less than ONE YEAR'S ATTENDANCE at a whole time JUNIOR DAY TECHNICAL SCHOOL Course conducted by a VOCATIONAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

The Committee may, however, issue a certificate of exemption from this rule in the case of an apprentice who has not the exact qualifications prescribed in (a) or (b) of the rule, but who possesses educational qualifications accepted by the Minister for Education as being reasonably equivalent.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce this 3rd day of December, 1946.

(Signed) JOHN LEYDON,

Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.