Introductory text

Whereas proposals made by the Engineering Industry Training Board for the raising and collection of a levy have been submitted to, and approved by, the Training Commission under section 11(1) of the Industrial Training Act 1982^f1 (“the 1982 Act”) and thereafter submitted by the said Commission to the Secretary of State under that subsection;

And whereas in pursuance of section 11(3) of the 1982 Act the said proposals include provision for the exemption from the levy of employers who, in view of the small number of their employees, ought in the opinion of the Secretary of State to be exempted from it;

And whereas the Secretary of State is satisfied that proposals made in pursuance of section 11(4)(a) of the 1982 Act and falling within section 11(5)(a) of the said Act (“the relevant proposals”) are necessary as mentioned in the said section 11(5), and that the condition mentioned in section 11(6)(a) of the 1982 Act is satisfied in the case of the relevant proposals;

And whereas the Secretary of State considers that the amount which, disregarding any exemption, will be payable by virtue of the following Order by certain employers in the engineering industry and which he estimates will exceed an amount which he estimates as equal to one per cent. of relevant emoluments, is appropriate in all the circumstances, and the following Order therefore falls within section 11(7)(b) of the Act;

And whereas a draft of the following Order was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 12(6) of the 1982 Act and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;