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INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1964 - SECT 2

Functions of industrial training board.

2.(1) An industrial training board

(a)shall provide or secure the provision of such courses or other facilities
(which may include residential accommodation) for the training of persons
employed or intending to be employed in the industry as may be required,
having regard to any courses or facilities otherwise available to such
persons;

(b)may approve such courses or facilities provided by other persons;

(c)shall from time to time consider such employments in the industry as appear
to the board to require consideration and publish recommendations with regard
to the nature and length of the training for any such employment and the
further education to be associated with the training, the persons by and to
whom the training ought to be given, the standards to be attained as a result
of the training and the methods of ascertaining whether those standards have
been attained;

(d)may apply or make arrangements for the application of selection tests and
of tests or other methods for ascertaining the attainment of any standards
recommended by the board and may award certificates of the attainment of those
standards;

(e)may assist persons in finding facilities for being trained for employment
in the industry;

(f)may take part in any arrangements made by the Ministry under section 2(2)
of the Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 with respect to
the industry ...;

(g)may carry on or assist other persons in carrying on research into any
matter relating to training for employment in the industry.

(2) An industrial training board may enter into contracts of service or
apprenticeship with persons who intend to be employed in the industry and to
attend courses or avail themselves of other facilities provided or approved by
the board.

(3) An industrial training board may, at the request of another
industrial training board, provide courses or other facilities for the
training of persons employed or intending to be employed in the industry for
which that other board are established.

(4) An industrial training board may

(a)pay maintenance or travelling allowances to persons attending courses
provided or approved by the board;

(b)make grants or loans to persons providing courses or other facilities
approved by the board;

(c)pay fees to persons providing further education in respect of persons who
receive it in association with their training in courses provided or approved
by the board.

(5) An industrial training board shall exercise their functions under this
section in accordance with proposals submitted to the Ministry and approved by
the Ministry under section 7.

(6) An industrial training board shall give to the Ministry such information
or facilities for obtaining information with regard to the exercise of their
functions, in such manner and at such times as the Ministry may reasonably
require.


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