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Establishment, purpose and duration of Scheme.
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2.—(1) The Minister may, in accordance with this Act, establish and administer a scheme which shall be known as the Premium Employment Programme (and is in this Act referred to as the Scheme) and may from time to time amend the Scheme.
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(2) The purpose of the Scheme shall be to encourage employers in industries or activities to which the Scheme applies to employ persons to whom it applies.
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(3) The Scheme shall—
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(a) so far as it applies to agriculture (including horticulture), come into operation on the 3rd day of August, 1975, and
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(b) so far as it relates to manufacturing industries, be deemed to have come into operation on the 29th day of June, 1975,
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and shall cease to have effect on the 26th day of June, 1976, without prejudice to any conditions of the Scheme which continue to apply after that date.
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