This is the original version (as it was originally enacted).
(1)Section ZA11 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (standards) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (3) substitute—
“(3)Each standard must be prepared by a group of persons and approved by the Secretary of State, subject to subsection (3A).
(3A)The Secretary of State may prepare a standard if satisfied that it would be more appropriate for the standard to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons.”
(3)In subsection (4), for the words from “The group” to “been” substitute “Where a standard is prepared by a group of persons, the group must be”.
(4)For subsection (6) substitute—
“(6)The Secretary of State may convene a group of persons to prepare a standard for an occupation if satisfied that—
(a)there is a need for a standard for that occupation, and
(b)no group will prepare the standard unless one is convened to do so.”
(5)In subsection (7), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)information about matters that the Secretary of State takes into account in deciding whether it would be more appropriate for a standard to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons for the purposes of subsection (3A);”.
(6)In section A1 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (meaning of “approved English apprenticeship” etc), for “approved standard”, in each place it occurs, substitute “published standard”.
(1)Section A2 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (apprenticeship assessment plans) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (6) substitute—
“(6)Each apprenticeship assessment plan must be prepared by a group of persons and approved by the Secretary of State, subject to subsection (6A).
(6A)The Secretary of State may prepare an apprenticeship assessment plan if satisfied that it would be more appropriate for the plan to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons.”
(3)In subsection (7), for the words from “The group” to “been” substitute “Where an apprenticeship assessment plan is prepared by a group of persons, the group must be”.
(4)For subsection (9) substitute—
“(9)The Secretary of State may convene a group of persons to prepare an apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of a standard if satisfied that—
(a)there is a need for an apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of that standard, and
(b)no group will prepare the plan unless one is convened to do so.”
(5)In subsection (10), after paragraph (a) insert—
“(aa)information about matters that the Secretary of State takes into account in deciding whether it would be more appropriate for an apprenticeship assessment plan to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons for the purposes of subsection (6A);”.
(1)The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 is amended as follows.
(2)In section A2D8 (reviews of approval of technical education qualifications)—
(a)in subsection (1) omit “at regular intervals”;
(b)omit subsection (2).
(3)In section A2E (reviews of published standards and assessment plans)—
(a)in subsection (1) omit “at regular intervals”;
(b)omit subsection (2);
(c)in the heading, omit “regular”.
(1)Section A2G of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (examinations by independent third parties) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsections (1) and (2) substitute—
“(1)The Secretary of State may at any time make arrangements for an independent third party to carry out an examination of—
(a)a standard, or
(b)an apprenticeship assessment plan.”
(3)Omit subsection (4).
(1)Section 138 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (qualifications subject to Ofqual accreditation) is amended as follows.
(2)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1ZA)But Ofqual may not make a determination under subsection (1) in relation to a technical education qualification within subsection (1A) unless the Secretary of State has notified it that it may do so.”
(3)In subsection (1A)—
(a)for the words before paragraph (a) substitute “A technical education qualification is within this subsection if—”;
(b)in paragraph (a) for “the qualification” substitute “it”.
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