Number 41 of 2000

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A LEVY ON EMPLOYERS, IN RESPECT OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES, TO BE KNOWN AS THE NATIONAL TRAINING FUND LEVY, TO BE USED TO GIVE SKILLS TO, OR RAISE SKILLS AMONGST THOSE IN, OR SEEKING, EMPLOYMENT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUND IN RESPECT OF THAT LEVY AND THE MANNER IN WHICH THAT FUND SHALL BE ADMINISTERED, TO PROVIDE FOR THE REPEAL OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING (APPRENTICESHIP LEVY) ACT, 1994, AND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE INDUSTRIAL TRAINING ACT, 1967, AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS.

 [20th December, 2000]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: