The Industrial Training (Northern Ireland) Order 1984

Provision of advice and courses, etc N.I.

16.—(1) An industrial training board may—

(a) provide advice about training connected with the industry;

(b) assist persons in finding facilities for being trained for employment in the industry.

(2) An industrial training board 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.

(3) An industrial training board—

(a) shall provide or secure the provision of such courses and other facilities (which may include residential accommodation) for the training of those persons as the board considers adequate, having regard to any courses or other facilities otherwise available to those persons;

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

(c) may pay maintenance and travelling allowances to persons attending courses, or availing themselves of other facilities provided or approved by the board;

(d) may make grants or loans to persons providing courses or other facilities approved by the board, to persons who make studies relevant to such courses or facilities and to persons who maintain arrangements to provide such courses or facilities which are not for the time being in use;

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

(f) may make payments to persons in connection with arrangements under which they or their employees make use of courses or other facilities provided or approved by the board.

(4) 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.

(5) An industrial training board may—

(a) at the request of another industrial training board provide advice for the other board and courses and other facilities for the training of persons employed or intending to be employed in the industry for which that other board is established;

(b) at the request of the Department provide such other advice, and such other courses and facilities for training, as are mentioned in the request;

(c) at the request of an employer in the industry provide for him advice about training connected with activities carried on in Great Britain or outside the United Kingdom which, if they were carried on in Northern Ireland, would be included in the industry;

but any expense incurred by the board in pursuance of sub-paragraph (c) shall not be defrayed out of sums received by way of levy.

(6) An industrial training board may take part in any arrangements made by the Department under section 2(2) of the [1950 c. 29 (N.I.)] Employment and Training Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 with respect to the industry.