Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

80 Interpretation of Part

(1) In this Part a reference to education within the YPLA’s remit is a reference to education suitable to the requirements of—

(a) persons aged under 19, or

(b) persons aged 19 or over but under 25 who are subject to learning difficulty assessment.

(2) In this Part a reference to training within the YPLA’s remit is a reference to training suitable to the requirements of—

(a) persons aged 14 or over but under 19, or

(b) persons aged 19 or over but under 25 who are subject to learning difficulty assessment.

(3) For the purposes of this Part a person is subject to youth detention if—

(a) subject to a detention order, and

(b) detained in relevant youth accommodation.

(4) In this Part—

• “education” includes full-time and part-time education;

• “training” includes—

  (a)

  full-time and part-time training;

  (b)

  vocational, social, physical and recreational training;

  (c)

  apprenticeship training.

(5) In subsection (4) “apprenticeship training” means training provided in connection with—

(a) an apprenticeship agreement (within the meaning given in section 32),

(b) any other contract of employment, or

(c) any other kind of working in relation to which alternative English completion conditions apply under section 1(5).

(6) The references in subsections (1) and (2) to persons—

(a) aged under 19, or 14 or over but under 19, or

(b) aged 19 or over but under 25 who are subject to learning difficulty assessment,

do not include persons who are subject to adult detention within the meaning given in section 121(4).