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Employment Act 1988

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 51 Cited in Amendments 259 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1988 c. 19
(1) For sections 2 and 3 of the 1973 Act (functions of the Commission and control of the Commission by the Secretary of State) there shall be substituted the following sections—
    (2) Functions of the Secretary of State.
  • “(1) The Secretary of State shall make such arrangements as he considers appropriate for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain and retain employment suitable for their ages and capacities or of assisting persons to obtain suitable employees (including partners and other business associates) .
  • (2) Arrangements under this section may—
  • (a) include arrangements for providing temporary employment for persons in Great Britain who are without employment;
  • (b) include arrangements for encouraging increases in the opportunities for employment and training that are available to women and girls or to disabled persons;
  • (c) subject to the restriction of paragraph (a) of this subsection to persons in Great Britain, be made in respect of employment and training anywhere in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;
  • (d) include provision for the making of payments by the Secretary of State, by way of grant or loan or otherwise, to persons who provide facilities in pursuance of the arrangements,...
The Secretary of State shall make such arrangements as he considers appropriate for the purpose of assisting persons to select, train for, obtain and retain employment suitable for their ages and capacities or of assisting persons to obtain suitable employees (including partners and other business associates) .include arrangements for providing temporary employment for persons in Great Britain who are without employment;include arrangements for encouraging increases in the opportunities for employment and training that are available to women and girls or to disabled persons;subject to the restriction of paragraph (a) of this subsection to persons in Great Britain, be made in respect of employment and training anywhere in the United Kingdom or elsewhere;include provision for the making of payments by the Secretary of State, by way of grant or loan or otherwise, to persons who provide facilities in pursuance of the arrangements,

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