2013 No. 575

Employment And Training, England

The Apprenticeships (Modifications to the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England) Order 2013

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 25(3) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 20091.

Following a direction by the Secretary of State under section 25(1) of that Act, the Chief Executive of Skills Funding has prepared and submitted to the Secretary of State draft modifications to the specification of apprenticeship standards for England.

In accordance with section 25(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the specification of apprenticeship standards, as modified, given effect by this Order complies with section 27 of that Act.

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeships (Modifications to the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England) Order 2013 and comes into force on 6th April 2013.

Modified Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England2

The document entitled “Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE)” published by the Secretary of State on 20th January 2011, with ISBN 978-0-85605-726-7, has effect with the modifications contained in the document entitled “Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE)” published by the Secretary of State on 7th March 2013, with ISBN 978-0-85605-727-42.

Matthew HancockMinister for SkillsDepartment for Business, Innovation and Skills
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, made under section 25(3) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (“the Act”), brings the modified specification of apprenticeship standards for England into effect.

The Order specifies that the document entitled “The Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE)”, as modified, (“the document”) has effect. The modifications have been prepared and submitted by the Chief Executive of Skills Funding in accordance with the procedures in section 25(1) of the Act. The document was published by the Secretary of State on 7th March 2013 and can be found on the Government website (GOV.UK) at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/specification-of-apprenticeship-standards-for-england .

The specification of apprenticeship standards for England specifies the requirements that must be met for recognised English frameworks to be issued under section 14(1) of the Act.

An impact assessment has not been produced for the instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

An Explanatory Memorandum has been prepared and is available alongside this Order at www.legislation.gov.uk.