New Training Levy Order 2007

On the 14th day of June, 2007 vide Kenya Gazette Supplement No. 64, a New Training Levy Order was created as set out here below:-

1. This Order may be cited as the Industrial Training (Training Levy) Order, 2007.

2. In this Order:

   “employee” means a person employed for wages or salary and includes an apprentice, indentured learner,      other trainee, temporary, seasonal and casual worker;
    “levy” means the training levy imposed by paragraph 4 (i).

3.

(i) A person who is an employer at the commencement of this Order shall within thirty days after the      commencement of this Order, unless already registered, apply to the Director in the prescribed form set out      in the Second Schedule, to be registered as an employer.

(ii) A person who becomes an employer after the commencement of this Order shall, within thirty days of       becoming an employer, apply to the Director in the Form 1 set out in the Schedule to be registered as an       employer.

(iii) The Director shall issue a certificate of registration to an employer registered under this Order.

(iv) A person registered as an employer, who ceases either permanently or temporarily to be an employer shall,       within thirty days of so ceasing, notify the director accordingly in writing stating the reasons for his ceasing       to be an employer.

4.

(i) On or before the last working day of each month, an employer shall pay to the director a levy of fifty     shillings (Kshs. 50) per employee.

(ii) Payment of the levy due shall be accompanied by a monthly return in the prescribed Form 2 set out in the      schedule.

5. Without prejudice to any other remedy, the levy due under this Order, plus the five percent penalty imposed     by Section 5B (3) which remains unpaid, shall be recoverable summarily by the Director as a civil debt due to     the Industrial Training Levy Fund.

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