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<Text>The 2005 Act is modified as follows.</Text>
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<Text>In section 22 (consultation and collaboration)—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>in subsection (1)(a), for “subsection (5)” substitute <InlineAmendment>“subsections (5) and (5A)”</InlineAmendment>,</Text>
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<Text>after subsection (5) insert—</Text>
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<Text>The persons are—</Text>
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<Text>persons who appear to the Council to be representative of apprentices,</Text>
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<Text>employers of apprentices or persons who appear to the Council to be representative of such employers,</Text>
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<Text>training providers (within the meaning given by section 12J(3)) or persons who appear to the Council to be representative of training providers.</Text>
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<Text>in subsection (7), for “subsection (5)” substitute <InlineAmendment>“subsections (5) and (5A)”</InlineAmendment>.</Text>
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