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relation to amendment No. 1 would be to omit "The" and substitute "Subject to subsection (3), the".
Amendment agreed to.
MR STEFANIAK (10.39): I move:
Page 1, line 11, add at the end the following subclause:
"(3) If a provision referred to in subsection (2) has not commenced before the expiration of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which this Act is notified in the Gazette, that provision shall, by force of this subsection, commence on the expiration of that period.".
This amendment merely gives effect to the committee's recommendation.
Amendment agreed to.
Clause, as amended, agreed to.
Clauses 3 and 4, by leave, taken together, and agreed to.
Clause 5 (Interpretation)
MR WHALAN (Minister for Industry, Employment and Education) (10.48): I move:
Page 2, line 17, omit the definition of "apprentice".
These are definitional changes consequent upon the making of the Vocational Training Authority Act. The previous definition of "apprentice" was related to the legislation on the Apprenticeship Training Board, which is superseded by the Vocational Training Authority. There is a different definition there and this is a consequence of that change.
MR KAINE (Leader of the Opposition) (10.49): Does the Government intend to define "apprentice" in this Bill at all? As I understand it, this amendment has the effect of deleting the definition of "apprentice" altogether as far as this Bill is concerned. Is it not important to define "apprentice" in this Bill?
MR WHALAN: No. It will be specified as defined in the Vocational Training Authority Act.
MR KAINE: But that is not what your amendment says. It simply omits the definition.
MR WHALAN: It is picked up because there is reference in this Act to "employee", and an apprentice previously was not regarded as an employee. Under the Vocational Training Authority Act, he is now defined as an employee and so it is picked up in the definition of "employee".
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