Explanatory note

This Order gives effect to proposals of the Engineering Industry Training Board which were submitted to and approved by the Training Commission and thereafter submitted by the Training Commission to the Secretary of State. The proposals are for the imposition of a levy on employers in the engineering industry for the purpose of raising money towards meeting the expenses of the Board.

The levy is to be imposed in respect of the twenty-fifth levy period commencing on the day upon which this Order comes into force and ending on 31st August 1989.

The levy will be assessed by the Board and there will be a right of appeal against an assessment to an industrial tribunal.