A prohibited employer means an employer with respect to whom a declaration is in force under section 54B of the South Australian Skills Act 2008 and includes—
(a) in the case of an employer that is a body corporate—any person who, when the body corporate became a prohibited employer, was a director of the body corporate or was concerned in the management of the body corporate; and
(b) in the case of an employer that is a partnership—any person who, when the partnership became a prohibited employer, was a partner in the partnership or was concerned in the management of the partnership.
The Register lists employers declared a prohibited employer pursuant to section 54B of the South Australian Skills Act 2008. Under the Act, it is an offence for a prohibited employer to:
- employ, or offer to employ, a person as an apprentice or trainee
- train, or undertake to train, a person in a trade
- train, or undertake to train, a person in a declared vocation under a training contract
- permit an apprentice or trainee to be placed with the prohibited employer under a host employment arrangement
- falsely represent that they are not a prohibited employer.