Section 4: Powers of the Council (As Amended by Section 4 of The Industrial Training Fund (Amendment) Act 2011)

(1) The Council shall have power-
(a) to provide or secure the provision of such courses and other facilities (which may include residential accommodation) for the training of persons employed or intending to be employed in industry or commerce as may be required, having regard to any courses or facilities available to such persons;
(b) to approve such courses and facilities provided by other persons;
(c) from time to time, to consider the employments in industry or commerce as appears to require special consideration and publish recommendations with regard to the nature and length of the training for any such employment and the further education to be associated with the training, the persons by and to whom the training ought to be given, the standards to be attained as a result of the training and the methods of ascertaining whether those standards have been attained;
(d) to apply or make arrangements for the application of selection tests and of tests or other methods for ascertaining the attainment of any standards recommended by the Council and may award certificates of the attainment of those standards;
(e)
to assist persons in finding facilities for being trained for employment in industry and commerce;
(f)
to carry on or assist other persons in carrying on research into any matter relating to training for employment in industry and commerce.
(2) The Council shall have power-
(a)
to acquire and hold property whether movable or immovable; and
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(b) to enter into contracts