Part 7

Post-16 education and training

Apprenticeships

Securing the provision of apprenticeship training
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1
Part 4 of ASCLA 2009 (the Chief Executive of Skills Funding) is amended as follows.
2
In section 85 (encouragement of training provision etc for persons within section 83)—
a
for subsection (1)(a) substitute—
a
make reasonable efforts to secure that employers participate in the provision of apprenticeship training for all persons who are within section 83(1)(a) or (b) or section 83A(4), (5) or (6);
;
b
in subsection (1)(b), for “training within the Chief Executive's remit” substitute “ apprenticeship training ”;
c
in subsection (2), after “provision of” insert “ apprenticeship ”;
d
in the heading, for “Encouragement of training provision etc for persons within section 83” substitute “ Provision of apprenticeship training etc for persons within section 83 or 83A ”.
3
In section 118 (guidance by Secretary of State), after subsection (1) insert—
1A
Guidance under this section must include guidance about the performance by the Chief Executive of the duty imposed by section 85(1)(a).