What section 34 does
Permits delegation of statutory powers subject to notification and conditions.
Connected instrument: Delegation notifications
Finin2min practical reading
- Identify the apprentice category, trade, establishment jurisdiction and applicable portal before applying the provision.
- Separate statutory apprenticeship from internships, probation, traineeships and ordinary employment.
- Do not treat scheme reimbursement as a substitute for the employer’s underlying statutory obligations.
- Preserve the contract, approvals, portal trail and training evidence as one auditable file.
Employer control and evidence pack
- Executed/registered contract and portal acknowledgement
- Training plan, attendance/work diary and supervisor records
- Stipend bank/DBT evidence where relevant
- Adviser approval, correspondence or order where the section requires it
Statutory text extract
Extracted from the bundled official/consolidated source. For sections amended in 2026, the current overlay above controls over older consolidated wording.
34. Delegation of powers.—The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official
Gazette, direct that any power exercisable by it under this Act or the rules made thereunder shall, in
relation to such matters and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the direction, be
exercisable also—
(a) where the appropriate Government is the Central Government, by such officer or authority
subordinate to the Central Government or by the State Government or by such officer or authority
subordinate to the State Government, as may be specified in the notification; and
(b) where the appropriate Government is the State Government, by such officer or authority
subordinate to the State Government as may be specified in the notification.Compliance consequence
Failure should be tested against sections 30, 31 and 31A as in force from 22 June 2026, alongside contract termination/compensation consequences and any portal or scheme action.