25Modification: England
(1)If the Secretary of State so directs, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding must—
(a)prepare draft modifications to the specification of apprenticeship standards for England, and
(b)submit the modifications to the Secretary of State.
(2)A direction given under subsection (1) may specify the date by which the draft modifications must be submitted to the Secretary of State.
(3)Where draft modifications to a specification of apprenticeship standards have been submitted under subsection (1), the Secretary of State may by order provide that the specification of apprenticeship standards for England is to have effect with those modifications.
(4)The Secretary of State may not make an order under subsection (3) providing that the specification of apprenticeship standards for England is to have effect with modifications unless satisfied that the specification, as so modified, complies with section 27.