(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a local apprenticeship or training program administered by a local joint committee or by a trade committee functioning as a local joint committee is not required to have at least one registered apprentice during the period from:
(a) The date the standards for the program are registered and the date the first apprentice is registered under those standards or one year from the date the standards are registered, whichever period is shorter; or
(b) The date the committee graduates an apprentice under a set of standards and the date the next apprentice is registered under those standards or one year from the date the committee graduates an apprentice under a set of standards, whichever period is shorter. [2011 c.140 §13]