Deregulation Act 2015

PART 2 Consequential amendments

5 In consequence of the amendments made by Part 1 of this Schedule, the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 is further amended as follows.

Amendments of Part 1

6 For the title of Chapter 1, substitute “Apprenticeships: Wales”.

7 Omit section 1, and the italic cross-heading before it.

8 Omit sections 3 to 6, and the italic cross-heading before them.

9 In section 11—

(a) in subsection (2), for “the appropriate national authority” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”;

(b) omit subsection (3);

(c) in the italic cross-heading before that section, omit “England and”.

10 In section 12—

(a) omit subsection (3);

(b) in the italic cross-heading before that section, omit “England and”.

11 Omit sections 13 to 17, and the italic cross-heading before them.

12 Omit sections 23 to 27, and the italic cross-heading before them.

13 In the italic cross-heading before section 32, omit “England and”.

14 In section 32, omit subsection (6)(a), and the “or” following it.

15 In section 38—

(a) in subsection (1), for “The Secretary of State” substitute “The Welsh Ministers”;

(b) in subsection (2), for “the Secretary of State” substitute “the Welsh Ministers”.

16 In section 39, in subsection (1)—

(a) in the definition of “apprenticeship certificate”, omit “3, 4,”;

(b) omit the definitions of “English certifying authority”, “English issuing authority”, “recognised English framework” and “the specification of apprenticeship standards for England”.

Other amendments of the 2009 Act

17 In section 83, in subsection (5), for paragraphs (a) to (c) substitute—

“(a) an approved English apprenticeship, or

(b) any contract of service (other than an approved English apprenticeship agreement) or contract of apprenticeship.”

18 In section 83A—

(a) in subsection (3), for the words from “opportunity to” to the end of the subsection substitute “opportunity to enter into an approved English apprenticeship.”;

(b) omit subsection (11).

19 (1) Section 83B is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for the words from “at a particular level” to the end of the subsection substitute “for the purpose of assisting a person to achieve a particular approved apprenticeship standard if the person—

(a) has already completed an approved English apprenticeship by achieving that standard,

(b) has already completed an approved English apprenticeship by achieving another standard and, in doing so, appears to the Secretary of State to have demonstrated a comparable level of achievement (whether or not in the same sector of work), or

(c) has worked under another arrangement and, in doing so, appears to the Secretary of State to have demonstrated a comparable level of achievement (whether or not in the same sector of work).”

(3) After that subsection insert—

“(1A) Section A1(6) and (7) (which make provision about when a person completes an approved English apprenticeship and about the meaning of “approved apprenticeship standard”) apply for the purposes of subsection (1).”

(4) Omit subsections (2) to (5).

20 In section 90, in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) an approved English apprenticeship, or

(b) any contract of employment (other than an approved English apprenticeship agreement) in connection with which training is provided.”

21 Omit section 105.

22 In section 121, in subsection (1)—

(a) omit the definition of “apprenticeship agreement”;

(b) after the definition of “apprenticeship training” insert—

• ““approved English apprenticeship” has the meaning given by section A1(2);”.

23 In section 267, in subsection (2), for “Chapter 1” substitute “Chapter A1”.