This Order gives effect to proposals of the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board which were submitted to the Secretary of State. The proposals are for the imposition of a levy on employers in the engineering construction industry for the purpose of raising money towards meeting the expenses of the Board. The Order also imposes a levy on employers who are not mainly engaged in engineering construction activities but are engaged in any related or administrative activities of a kind to which paragraph 1(c) of Schedule 1 to the Industrial Training (Engineering Board) Order 1964 (as amended by the Industrial Training (Engineering Construction Board) Order 1991) applies; and for those employers the levy will be imposed only in respect of such related or administrative activities.

The levy is to be imposed in respect of the levy period commencing on the day on which this Order comes into force and ending on 31st August 2001.

The levy will be assessed by the Board in accordance with articles 4 and 5, and there is a right of appeal against an assessment to an employment tribunal.

A full regulatory assessment of the effect that this Order will have on the costs of business is available from the Department of Education and Employment, Library and Information Service, Moorfoot, Sheffield S1 4PQ, or Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1P 3BT.