Employment and Training Act 1981

Section 6.

SCHEDULE 1 Miscellaneous Amendments to Industrial Training Act 1964

1 In section 3 of the [1964 c. 16.] Industrial Training Act 1964 (establishment of committees)—

(a) for subsection (2) there shall be substituted—

“(2) An industrial training board may pay or, as the case may be, join in paying—

(a) to the members of such a committee such allowances for loss of remunerative time as the Minister may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine and such travelling, subsistence and other allowances as the board or, as the case may be, the boards may determine ; and

(b) to the chairman of any such committee to which functions mentioned in subsection (1) above are delegated (hereafter in this section referred to as a " relevant committee ") such remuneration as the board or, as the case may be, the boards may determine.”;

(b) in subsection (2A)—

(i) for the words " the Minister may specify with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service " there shall be substituted the words " the board may determine " , and

(ii) in paragraph (b) for the words "the Minister" there shall be substituted the words " the board ".

2 After section 8 of that Act there shall be inserted—

“8A Publication of information by industrial training boards.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Minister may, after consultation with the Commission, direct an industrial training board to publish in the report made by it under section 8(3) of this Act, or otherwise as the Minister may direct, such information in the possession of the board as the Minister may specify in the direction.

(2) No direction under this section shall require any information which is so framed as to enable particulars relating to any individual employer or establishment of an employer to be ascertained from it to be published without the consent of the employer in question.”.

3 After subsection (5) of section 9 of that Act there shall be inserted—

“(5A) Where an order has been made under subsection of this section for the winding up of a board, the Minister may out of moneys provided by Parliament—

(a) pay such pension, superannuation allowance or gratuity to or in respect of the former chairman of the board as he may with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service determine ; and

(b) pay such sums as he may so determine to the trustees of the Industrial Training Boards' Combined Pension Fund for the purpose of meeting the whole or part of any shortfall in the assets of the Fund referable to the pensions, superannuation allowances and gratuities payable in respect of the former officers and servants of the board.”.

4 In section 9A of that Act (transfer of establishment's activities from industry of one board to another's at request of employer)—

(a) in subsection (1), for the words from " the Commission may if it thinks fit" onwards there shall be substituted the words " the Commission shall after consulting both boards in question about the request, submit it to the Minister together with a statement of the boards' views and may also submit its recommendation as to whether he should give effect to the request ";

(b) in subsection (2) for the words from the beginning to " request " there shall be substituted the words " Where the Commission submits such a request to the Minister; and

(c) for subsection (3) there shall be substituted—

“(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (5) of section 1 and subsection (5) of section 9 of this Act, an order under either of those sections may vary or revoke an order under subsection (2) of this section.”.

5 At the end of section 12(1) of that Act there shall be inserted the words " and the order imposing the levy shall make provision as to the time within which such an appeal may be made ".

6 At the end of paragraph 5 of the Schedule to that Act there shall be inserted the words " and no such matter shall be decided except in accordance with the votes of the majority of the members who were appointed as mentioned in paragraph 3(a) of this Schedule after consultation with organisations or associations of organisations representative of employers engaging in the industry. ".

7 In paragraph 10 of that Schedule (appointment of industrial training board's servants on such terms as the board may determine with the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for the Civil Service) the words from " with the approval" onwards shall be omitted.

8 For paragraph 11 of that Schedule there shall be substituted—

“11 A board may pay to its members such allowances for loss of remunerative time as the Minister may determine with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service and such travelling, subsistence and other allowances as the board may determine,”.