Search Legislation

Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

 Help about what version

What Version

  • Latest available (Revised)
  • Original (As enacted)
 Help about advanced features

Advanced Features

 Help about opening options

Opening OptionsExpand opening options

Changes over time for: Section A2D2

 Help about opening options

Alternative versions:

Changes to legislation:

There are outstanding changes not yet made by the legislation.gov.uk editorial team to Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009. Any changes that have already been made by the team appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1A2D2Categories of technical education qualificationE+W+S
This section has no associated Explanatory Notes

(1)The Institute—

(a)may specify one or more categories of technical education qualification in relation to England that may be approved under section A2D3, and

(b)may specify one or more categories of technical education qualification in relation to England that may be approved under section A2D5.

(2)The Institute may specify a category under subsection (1)(b) only if it considers that it would not be appropriate for qualifications in the category to be approved under section A2D3.

(3)For any category specified under subsection (1)(b), the Institute must specify which of the following is the appropriate test for the purposes of section A2D5

(a)the alternative approval test (see section A2D5(3));

(b)the additional specialist competence test (see section A2D5(4));

(c)the significant outcomes test (see section A2D5(5)).

(4)The Institute may revise or withdraw any category specified under subsection (1).

(5)A technical education qualification does not cease to be approved merely because the category is revised or withdrawn under subsection (4).

(6)The Institute must publish information showing—

(a)the categories of technical education qualification that are for the time being specified under subsection (1), and

(b)for each category, whether qualifications in the category may be approved under section A2D3 or A2D5 and, if under section A2D5, the appropriate test.

(7)Before specifying a category of qualification under this section, the Institute must consult—

(a)the Secretary of State, and

(b)such other persons as the Institute considers appropriate.]

Back to top

Options/Help

You have chosen to open The Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act as a PDF

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act without Schedules

The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open The Whole Act without Schedules as a PDF

The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act

The Whole Act you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open the Whole Act without Schedules

The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?

You have chosen to open Schedules only

The Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.

Would you like to continue?