(1) The National Training Fund Act 2000 is amended -

(a) in section 1(1) by inserting the following definition:

"'contribution week' has the same meaning as it has in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005;",

(b) by substituting the following section for section 3:

"3. Levy.

Subject to and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, there is, by virtue of this section, imposed upon, and there shall be payable by, every employer in respect of every employed contributor who is employed by the employer a levy (which shall be known as the 'National Training Fund Levy' and in this Act is referred to as the 'levy').",

and

(c) in section 4 -

(i) by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1):

"(1) Where in any contribution week a payment is made to or for the benefit of an employed contributor in respect of reckonable earnings of that employed contributor, levy shall be payable by the employed contributor's employer -