Part 1Further and higher education etc.
F1Scottish apprenticeships
12FScottish apprenticeship frameworks
(1)
The Council may prepare and publish Scottish apprenticeship frameworks.
(2)
A framework is to set out the relevant requirements for a Scottish apprenticeship in respect of different occupations or activities, including—
(a)
the required standards or qualifications to be achieved by apprentices during an apprenticeship, and
(b)
the required types or amount of training.
(3)
In preparing a framework, the Council must have regard to the views of—
(a)
such apprentices, prospective apprentices, and persons who appear to the Council to represent their interests, as the Council considers likely to be affected by the framework,
(b)
representatives of any trade union (within the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992) which appears to the Council to be representative of the interests of apprentices likely to be affected by the framework,
(c)
such employers and prospective employers of apprentices as the Council considers likely to be affected by the framework, and
(d)
such other persons as the Council considers likely to be affected.
(4)
The Council may amend or revoke a Scottish apprenticeship framework.
(5)
Where it amends or revokes a framework, the Council must publish a statement of its reasons for doing so.
(6)
Before amending or revoking a framework, the Council must have regard to the views of—
(a)
such apprentices, prospective apprentices, and persons who appear to the Council to represent their interests, as the Council considers likely to be affected by the amendment or revocation of the framework,
(b)
representatives of any trade union (within the meaning given by section 1 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992) which appears to the Council to be representative of the interests of apprentices likely to be affected by the amendment or revocation of the framework,
(c)
such employers and prospective employers of apprentices as the Council considers likely to be affected by the amendment or revocation of the framework, and
(d)
such other persons as the Council considers likely to be affected.
(7)
The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make further provision about—
(a)
the requirements for Scottish apprenticeships which are to be specified in a framework, and
(b)
the process to be followed by the Council in preparing, publishing, amending and revoking frameworks.