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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

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Publication 2009-11-12

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Part 1 — Apprenticeships, study and training

Chapter 1 — Apprenticeships: Wales

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Meaning of “completing an English apprenticeship”

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(1) This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2) A person completes a Welsh apprenticeship in relation to an apprenticeship framework if—

(a) the standard Welsh completion conditions are met, or

(b) the alternative Welsh completion conditions are met.

(3) The standard Welsh completion conditions are—

(a) that the person has entered into an apprenticeship agreement in connection with the apprenticeship framework,

(b) that at the date of that agreement the framework was a recognised Welsh framework,

(d) that, throughout the duration of the course, the person was working under the apprenticeship agreement, and

(e) that the person meets the requirements specified in the framework for the purpose of the issue of an apprenticeship certificate.

(4) In subsection (3)(d)—

(a) the reference to the apprenticeship agreement mentioned in subsection (3)(a) includes a reference to any apprenticeship agreement which the person subsequently entered into in connection with the same apprenticeship framework;

(b) the reference to the course of training for the competencies qualification is to be read, in a case where the person has followed two or more courses of training for the competencies qualification, as a reference to both or all of them.

(5) The alternative Welsh completion conditions are conditions which—

(a) apply in cases where a person works otherwise than under an apprenticeship agreement, and

(b) are specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

(6) The kinds of working in relation to which provision may be made under subsection (5) include—

(a) working as a self-employed person;

(b) working otherwise than for reward.

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Duty to issue: England

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Power to issue: England

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Issue by the English certifying authority: supplementary

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The English certifying authority

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Apprenticeship certificates: Wales

Duty to issue: Wales

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(1) The Welsh certifying authority must issue a certificate relating to an apprenticeship framework to a person who applies to the authority in the prescribed manner if—

(a) it appears to the authority that the person has completed a Welsh apprenticeship in relation to the apprenticeship framework,

(b) in a case within section 2(2)(a), it appears to the authority that the condition in subsection (3)(e) of that section was met at the date of the person's application, and

(i) provides the authority with such information and evidence as the authority requires the person to provide, and

(ii) pays any fee charged by the authority for the issue of the certificate (see section 9).

(2) The “prescribed manner” is the manner prescribed by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

Power to issue: Wales

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(1) The Welsh certifying authority may issue a certificate relating to an apprenticeship framework to a person who applies to the authority in the prescribed manner if—

(a) it appears to the authority that at the date of the application the person met the requirements specified in the framework for the purpose of the issue of an apprenticeship certificate,

(b) the framework is, or has been, a recognised Welsh framework,

(i) provides the authority with such information and evidence as the authority requires the person to provide, and

(ii) pays any fee charged by the authority for the issue of the certificate (see section 9).

(2) The “prescribed manner” for the purposes of subsection (1), is the manner prescribed by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

Issue by the Welsh certifying authority: supplementary

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(1) The Welsh certifying authority may charge a fee for issuing an apprenticeship certificate only if, and to the extent that, it is authorised to do so by regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

(2) Regulations made by the Welsh Ministers may make provision about the supply of copies of apprenticeship certificates issued under section 7 or 8.

(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may include provision authorising a person supplying a copy of an apprenticeship certificate to charge a fee for doing so.

The Welsh certifying authority

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(1) In this Chapter, the “Welsh certifying authority”, in relation to an apprenticeship certificate of any description, means—

(a) the person (if any) designated under this section to issue apprenticeship certificates of that description;

(b) if there is no-one within paragraph (a), the person (if any) designated under this section to issue apprenticeship certificates generally;

(2) A person designated under this section to issue apprenticeship certificates must, in exercising functions under this Chapter—

(a) comply with directions given by the Welsh Ministers, and

(b) have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers.

(3) “Designated” means designated by an order made by the Welsh Ministers.

Contents of apprenticeship certificate: ...Wales

Contents of apprenticeship certificate

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(1) An apprenticeship certificate must state—

(a) the name of the person to whom it is issued,

(b) the apprenticeship framework to which it relates,

(d) the apprenticeship sector to which that framework relates.

(2) An apprenticeship certificate must also state such other matters as the Welsh Ministers may by regulations require to be stated in a certificate of that description.

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Apprenticeship frameworks: ... Wales

Apprenticeship frameworks: interpretation

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(1) In this Chapter, “apprenticeship framework” means a specification of requirements, for the purpose of the issue of apprenticeship certificates, that satisfies subsection (2).

(2) The requirements specified must—

(a) be at a particular level stated in the specification, and

(b) relate to a particular skill, trade or occupation included in an apprenticeship sector stated in the specification.

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(4) In this Chapter, “recognised Welsh framework” means an apprenticeship framework issued under section 19(1) from which recognition has not been withdrawn under section 19(2).

(5) For the purposes of this Chapter—

(a) an apprenticeship framework is at the level of the requirements stated in it;

(b) an apprenticeship framework relates to the apprenticeship sector stated in it.

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English issuing authority

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Issue: England

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Recognised English frameworks: notification and publication

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Submission of draft framework for issue: England

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Transitional provision: England

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Apprenticeship frameworks: Wales

Welsh issuing authority

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(1) The Welsh Ministers may designate a person to issue apprenticeship frameworks relating to a particular apprenticeship sector.

(2) The power to designate conferred by this section may not be exercised in such a way that there is at any time more than one person designated to issue apprenticeship frameworks relating to a particular apprenticeship sector.

(3) A person designated under this section must, in exercising functions under this Chapter—

(a) comply with directions given by the Welsh Ministers;

(b) have regard to guidance given by the Welsh Ministers.

(4) A designation under this section may be amended or revoked by the Welsh Ministers.

(5) In this Chapter, the “Welsh issuing authority”, in relation to an apprenticeship framework, means—

(a) the person (if any) designated under this section to issue frameworks of that description;

(b) if there is no-one so designated, the Welsh Ministers.

Issue: Wales

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(1) The Welsh issuing authority may issue an apprenticeship framework only if the authority is satisfied that the framework meets the requirements specified, by the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales, for recognised Welsh frameworks of that description.

(2) Recognition of a recognised Welsh framework may be withdrawn by the Welsh issuing authority—

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Recognised Welsh frameworks: notification and publication

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(1) On issuing an apprenticeship framework under section 19(1), the Welsh issuing authority must—

(a) publish the framework;

(b) if the issuing authority is not the Welsh Ministers, notify the Welsh Ministers of the issue of the framework.

(2) A notice given under subsection (1)(b) must be accompanied by a copy of the framework.

(3) A Welsh issuing authority which withdraws recognition of an apprenticeship framework under section 19(2) must—

(a) publish a notice stating that recognition of the framework has been withdrawn;

(b) in the case where the issuing authority are not the Welsh Ministers, notify the Welsh Ministers of the withdrawal.

(4) Where this section imposes a duty on a person to publish a framework or notice, the publication may be in such manner as the person thinks fit.

Submission of draft framework for issue: Wales

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(1) This section applies if a person—

(a) submits a draft of an apprenticeship framework to the Welsh issuing authority, and

(b) requests that the authority issue a framework in the form of the draft.

(2) The authority may require the person to provide such information and evidence in connection with the draft as the authority thinks appropriate.

(3) If the authority decides not to issue a framework in the form of the draft, it must give the person reasons for its decision.

Transitional provision: Wales

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(1) The Welsh Ministers may by order provide for an existing vocational specification to be treated, for all purposes or for purposes specified in the order, as if it were an apprenticeship framework issued under section 19(1) that specified requirements for the purpose of the issue of apprenticeship certificates.

(2) For the purposes of its application in relation to an existing vocational specification that, by virtue of an order under subsection (1), is treated as an apprenticeship framework issued under section 19(1), this Chapter has effect subject to any modifications specified in the order.

(3) An order under subsection (1) must—

(a) specify a date on which the deemed framework is to be treated as being issued under section 19(1);

(b) specify a date on which recognition of the deemed framework is to be treated as having been withdrawn under section 19(2);

(d) specify the level and apprenticeship sector that are to be treated as being stated in the deemed framework.

(4) The date specified under subsection (3)(b) in an order under subsection (1) must be no later than the day after the day that is the school leaving date for 2013.

(5) In this section—

“the deemed framework”, in relation to an order under subsection (1), means an existing vocational specification that, by virtue of the order, is treated as being an apprenticeship framework issued under section 19(1);

“existing vocational specification” means a specification, prepared before the coming into force of section 19, of training, qualifications and skills appropriate for persons engaging in a particular trade, skill or occupation.

(6) Nothing in this section limits the powers conferred by section 262.

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Duty to prepare and submit draft specification: England

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Order bringing specification into effect

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Modification: England

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Replacement or modification: recognised English frameworks

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Contents of specification of apprenticeship standards for England

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Specification of apprenticeship standards: Wales

Specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales

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(1) The Welsh Ministers may prepare a draft specification of apprenticeship standards.

(2) In preparing the draft, the Welsh Ministers must consult such persons as they think appropriate.

(3) Having prepared a draft, the Welsh Ministers may by order provide that a specification of apprenticeship standards (“the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales”) is to have effect—

(a) in the form of the draft, or

(b) in that form with such modifications as the Welsh Ministers think appropriate.

(4) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to the first draft specification to be prepared by the Welsh Ministers after the commencement of this section.

(5) The Welsh Ministers may not make an order under subsection (3) unless satisfied that the specification of apprenticeship standards given effect to by the order complies with section 31.

(6) The power conferred by subsection (3) is to be exercised so as to secure that at any time only one specification of apprenticeship standards has effect as the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales.

Modification: Wales

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(1) The Welsh Ministers may by order provide that the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales is to have effect subject to modifications specified in the order.

(2) The Welsh Ministers may not make an order under this section unless satisfied that the specification, as so modified, complies with section 31.

Replacement or modification: recognised Welsh frameworks

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(1) Subject to subsection (2), a recognised Welsh framework does not cease to be a recognised Welsh framework if, by virtue of an order under section 28 or 29, it ceases to meet the requirements specified for frameworks of its description by the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales.

(2) An order under section 28 may provide for an apprenticeship framework which—

(a) immediately before the making of the order is a recognised Welsh framework, but

(b) does not meet the requirements specified for frameworks of its description by the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales to which the order gives effect,

to cease to have effect as a recognised Welsh framework.

Contents of specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales

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(1) The specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales—

(a) must specify requirements to be met by recognised Welsh frameworks,

(b) may specify different requirements in relation to recognised Welsh frameworks at different levels.

(2) The requirements specified by the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales must include—

(a) requirements as to Welsh certificate requirements, including requirements as to standards of attainment to be required by them,

(b) requirements for a recognised Welsh framework to include, as a Welsh certificate requirement, the requirement that an apprenticeship certificate relating to the framework may be issued to a person only if the person has received both on-the-job training and off-the-job training, and

(i) include, as a Welsh certificate requirement, the requirement that one or more qualifications be held,

(ii) include, as a Welsh certificate requirement, the requirement that the qualification, or the qualifications taken together, demonstrate the relevant occupational competencies and the relevant technical knowledge, and

(iii) identify the qualification that demonstrates the relevant occupational competencies as the competencies qualification in relation to the framework.

(3) Requirements as to standards of attainment may be specified by reference, in particular, to descriptions of qualifications or training.

(4) In this section—

“off-the-job training” in relation to a recognised Welsh framework, is training which—is received for the purposes of the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates, andis not on-the-job training;

“on-the-job training” in relation to a recognised Welsh framework, is training received in the course of carrying on the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates;

“the relevant occupational competencies”, in relation to a recognised Welsh framework, means the competencies required to perform the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates at the level required in the framework;

“the relevant technical knowledge”, in relation to a recognised Welsh framework, means the technical knowledge required to perform the skill, trade or occupation to which the framework relates at the level required in the framework;

“Welsh certificate requirement” means a requirement specified in a recognised Welsh framework for the purpose of the issue of apprenticeship certificates relating to that framework by the Welsh certifying authority.

Apprenticeship agreements: ... Wales

Meaning of “apprenticeship agreement”

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(1) In this Chapter, “apprenticeship agreement” means an agreement in relation to which each of the conditions in subsection (2) is satisfied.

(2) The conditions are—

(a) that a person (the “apprentice”) undertakes to work for another (the “employer”) under the agreement;

(b) that the agreement is in the prescribed form;

(d) that the agreement states that it is entered into in connection with a qualifying apprenticeship framework.

(3) The power conferred by subsection (2)(b) may be exercised, in particular—

(a) to specify provisions that must be included in an apprenticeship agreement;

(b) to specify provisions that must not be included in an apprenticeship agreement;

(4) Where an agreement states that it is entered into in connection with an apprenticeship framework (“the relevant framework”) that is not a qualifying apprenticeship framework, subsection (2)(d) is to be taken to be satisfied in relation to the agreement if—

(a) at a time within the period of three years ending with the date of the agreement, the relevant framework was a qualifying apprenticeship framework;

(b) at the date of the agreement, the apprentice has not completed the whole of a course of training for the competencies qualification identified in the relevant framework,

(c) before the date of the agreement, the apprentice entered into an apprenticeship agreement (“the earlier agreement”) which stated that it was entered into in connection with the relevant framework, and

(d) at the date of the earlier agreement, the relevant framework was a qualifying apprenticeship framework.

(5) In subsection (4)(b), the reference to a course of training for the competencies qualification is to be read, in a case where the person follows two or more courses of training for the competencies qualification, as a reference to both or all of them.

(6) An apprenticeship framework is a “qualifying apprenticeship framework”, for the purposes of this section, if it is—

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(b) a recognised Welsh framework.

Ineffective provisions

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(1) To the extent that provision included in an apprenticeship agreement conflicts with the prescribed apprenticeship provisions, it has no effect.

(2) In this section, the “prescribed apprenticeship provisions”, in relation to an apprenticeship agreement, means those provisions—

(a) that are included in the agreement, and

(b) without the inclusion of which the agreement would not satisfy section 32(2)(b).

Variation

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(1) If a variation to an apprenticeship agreement is within subsection (2), it has effect only if, before it was made, the employer complied with the requirement in subsection (3).

(2) A variation to an apprenticeship agreement is within this subsection if its nature is such that, were it to take effect, the agreement would cease to be an apprenticeship agreement.

(3) The employer must give the apprentice written notice stating that, if the variation takes effect, the agreement will cease to be an apprenticeship agreement.

Status

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(1) To the extent that it would otherwise be treated as being a contract of apprenticeship, an apprenticeship agreement is to be treated as not being a contract of apprenticeship.

(2) To the extent that it would not otherwise be treated as being a contract of service, an apprenticeship agreement is to be treated as being a contract of service.

(3) This section applies for the purposes of any enactment or rule of law.

Crown servants and Parliamentary staff

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(1) Sections 32 to 35 apply in relation to—

(a) an agreement under which a person undertakes Crown employment,

(b) an agreement under which a person undertakes service as a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown, and

(i) a relevant member of the House of Lords staff, or

(ii) a relevant member of the House of Commons staff,

as they apply in relation to any other agreement under which a person undertakes to work for another.

(2) Subsection (1) is subject to subsection (3) and to any modifications which may be prescribed under subsection (5).

(3) Section 35(2) does not apply in relation to an apprenticeship agreement that is an agreement within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1).

(4) Without prejudice to section 262(3), the power conferred by section 32(2)(b) may be exercised, in particular, to make provision in relation to an apprenticeship agreement which is an agreement within any of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) that differs from provision made in relation to other apprenticeship agreements.

(5) Regulations may provide for any provision of this Chapter ... to apply with modifications in relation to—

(a) an agreement within paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1), or

(b) a person working, or proposing to work, under such an agreement.

(6) In subsection (1)—

“Crown employment” means employment under or for the purposes of a government department or any officer or body exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by a statutory provision (but does not include service as a member of the naval, military or air forces of the Crown);

“relevant member of the House of Commons staff” has the meaning given by section 195(5) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18);

“relevant member of the House of Lords staff” has the meaning given by section 194(6) of that Act.

Duty to participate in education or training: England

Duty to participate in education or training: apprenticeship agreements

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(1) Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (c. 25) (duty to participate in education or training: England) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 2 (duty to participate), in subsection (1)(b) after “contract of apprenticeship” insert “ or an apprenticeship agreement ”.

(3) In section 66 (interpretation of Part 1), in subsection (1)—

(a) at the appropriate place insert—

“ “apprenticeship agreement” has the meaning given in section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;”;

(b) in the definition of “contract of employment” after “contract of apprenticeship” insert “ or an apprenticeship agreement ”.

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Apprenticeship sectors

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(1) The Welsh Ministers must by order specify sectors of skill, trade or occupation for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2) The sectors specified under subsection (1) must in the opinion of the Welsh Ministers encompass the full range of skills, trades and occupations.

Interpretation of Chapter

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(1) In this Chapter—

“apprenticeship agreement” has the meaning given by section 32(1);

“apprenticeship certificate” means a certificate issued under section ... 7 or 8;

“apprenticeship framework” has the meaning given by section 12(1);

“apprenticeship sector” means a sector specified under section 38;

“the competencies qualification”, in relation to an apprenticeship framework, means the qualification identified in the framework as being the competencies qualification;

“recognised Welsh framework” has the meaning given by section 12(4);

“the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales” means the specification of apprenticeship standards having effect for the time being by virtue of an order made by the Welsh Ministers under section 28 or 29;

“Welsh certifying authority”, in relation to an apprenticeship certificate of any description, has the meaning given by section 10(1);

“Welsh issuing authority”, in relation to an apprenticeship framework, has the meaning given by section 18(5).

(2) References in this Chapter—

(a) to the level of an apprenticeship framework, or

(b) to the apprenticeship sector to which an apprenticeship framework relates,

are to be construed in accordance with section 12(5).

(3) References in this Chapter to an employer and an apprentice, in relation to an apprenticeship agreement, are to be construed in accordance with section 32.

Chapter 2 — Study and training

Employer support for employee study and training

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(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) is amended as follows.

(2) After Part 6 (time off work) insert—

(63D) (1) A qualifying employee may make an application under this section to his or her employer. (2) An application under this section (a “section 63D application”) is an application that meets— (a) the conditions in subsections (3) to (5), and (b) any further conditions specified by the Secretary of State in regulations. (3) The application must be made for the purpose of enabling the employee to undertake study or training (or both) within subsection (4). (4) Study or training is within this subsection if its purpose is to improve— (a) the employee's effectiveness in the employer's business, and (b) the performance of the employer's business. (5) The application must state that it is an application under this section. (6) An employee is a qualifying employee for the purposes of this section if the employee— (a) satisfies any conditions about duration of employment specified by the Secretary of State in regulations, and (b) is not a person within subsection (7). (7) The following persons are within this subsection— (a) a person of compulsory school age (or, in Scotland, school age); (b) a person to whom Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 (duty to participate in education or training for 16 and 17 year olds) applies; (c) a person who, by virtue of section 29 of that Act, is treated as a person to whom that Part applies for the purposes specified in that section (extension for person reaching 18); (d) a person to whom section 63A of this Act (right to time off for young person for study or training) applies; (e) an agency worker; (f) a person of a description specified by the Secretary of State in regulations. (8) Nothing in this Part prevents an employee and an employer from making any other arrangements in relation to study or training. (9) In this section— - “agency worker” means a worker supplied by a person (the “agent”) to do work for another person (the “principal”) under a contract or other arrangement between the agent and principal; - “compulsory school age” has the meaning given in section 8 of the Education Act 1996; - “school age” has the meaning given in section 31 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980. (63E) (1) A section 63D application may— (a) be made in relation to study or training of any description (subject to section 63D(3) and (4) and regulations under section 63D(2)); (b) relate to more than one description of study or training. (2) The study or training may (in particular) be study or training that (if undertaken)— (a) would be undertaken on the employer's premises or elsewhere (including at the employee's home); (b) would be undertaken by the employee while performing the duties of the employee's employment or separately; (c) would be provided or supervised by the employer or by someone else; (d) would be undertaken without supervision; (e) would be undertaken within or outside the United Kingdom. (3) The study or training need not be intended to lead to the award of a qualification to the employee. (4) A section 63D application must— (a) give the following details of the proposed study or training— (i) its subject matter; (ii) where and when it would take place; (iii) who would provide or supervise it; (iv) what qualification (if any) it would lead to; (b) explain how the employee thinks the proposed study or training would improve— (i) the employee's effectiveness in the employer's business, and (ii) the performance of the employer's business; (c) contain information of any other description specified by the Secretary of State in regulations. (5) The Secretary of State may make regulations about— (a) the form of a section 63D application; (b) when a section 63D application is to be taken to be received for the purposes of this Part. (63F) (1) Subsections (4) to (7) apply if— (a) an employer receives a section 63D application (the “current application”) from an employee, and (b) during the relevant 12 month period the employer has not received another section 63D application (an “earlier application”) from the employee. (2) The “relevant 12 month period” is the 12 month period ending with the day on which the employer receives the current application. (3) The Secretary of State may make regulations about circumstances in which, at an employee's request, an employer is to be required to ignore an earlier application for the purposes of subsection (1). (4) The employer must deal with the application in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State. (5) The employer may refuse a section 63D application only if the employer thinks that one or more of the permissible grounds for refusal applies in relation to the application. (6) The employer may refuse part of a section 63D application only if the employer thinks that one or more of the permissible grounds for refusal applies in relation to that part. (7) The permissible grounds for refusal are— (a) that the proposed study or training to which the application, or the part in question, relates would not improve— (i) the employee's effectiveness in the employer's business, or (ii) the performance of the employer's business; (b) the burden of additional costs; (c) detrimental effect on ability to meet customer demand; (d) inability to re-organise work among existing staff; (e) inability to recruit additional staff; (f) detrimental impact on quality; (g) detrimental impact on performance; (h) insufficiency of work during the periods the employee proposes to work; (i) planned structural changes; (j) any other grounds specified by the Secretary of State in regulations. (63G) (1) Regulations under section 63F(4) may, in particular, include provision— (a) for the employee to have a right to be accompanied by a person of a specified description when attending meetings held in relation to a section 63D application in accordance with any such regulations; (b) for the postponement of such a meeting if the employee's companion under paragraph (a) is not available to attend it; (c) in relation to companions under paragraph (a), corresponding to section 10(6) and (7) of the Employment Relations Act 1999 (right to paid time off to act as companion, etc.); (d) in relation to the rights under paragraphs (a) to (c), for rights to complain to an employment tribunal and not to be subjected to a detriment, and about unfair dismissal; (e) for section 63D applications to be treated as withdrawn in specified circumstances. (2) In this section “specified” means specified in the regulations. (63H) (1) This section applies if an employer has agreed to a section 63D application, or part of a section 63D application, made by an employee in relation to particular study or training (the “agreed study or training”). (2) The employee must inform the employer if the employee— (a) fails to start the agreed study or training; (b) fails to complete the agreed study or training; (c) undertakes, or proposes to undertake, study or training that differs from the agreed study or training in any respect (including those specified in section 63E(4)(a)). (3) The Secretary of State may make regulations about the way in which the employee is to comply with the duty under subsection (2). (63I) (1) An employee who makes a section 63D application may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that— (a) the employer has failed to comply with section 63F(4), (5) or (6), or (b) the employer's decision to refuse the application, or part of it, is based on incorrect facts. This is subject to the following provisions of this section. (2) No complaint under this section may be made in respect of a section 63D application which has been disposed of by agreement or withdrawn. (3) In the case of a section 63D application that has not been disposed of by agreement or withdrawn, a complaint under this section may only be made if the employer— (a) notifies the employee of a decision to refuse the application (or part of it) on appeal, or (b) commits a breach of regulations under section 63F(4), where the breach is of a description specified by the Secretary of State in regulations. (4) No complaint under this section may be made in respect of failure to comply with provision included in regulations under section 63F(4) because of— (a) section 63G(1)(a) or (b), if provision is included in regulations under section 63F(4) by virtue of section 63G(1)(d), or (b) section 63G(1)(c). (5) An employment tribunal may not consider a complaint under this section unless the complaint is presented— (a) before the end of the period of three months beginning with the relevant date, or (b) within any further period that the tribunal considers reasonable, if the tribunal is satisfied that it was not reasonably practicable for the complaint to be presented before the end of that period of three months. (6) The relevant date is— (a) in the case of a complaint permitted by subsection (3)(a), the date on which the employee is notified of the decision on the appeal; (b) in the case of a complaint permitted by subsection (3)(b), the date on which the breach was committed. (63J) (1) If an employment tribunal finds a complaint under section 63I well-founded it must make a declaration to that effect and may— (a) make an order for reconsideration of the section 63D application; (b) make an award of compensation to be paid by the employer to the employee. (2) The amount of any compensation must be the amount the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances, but must not exceed the permitted maximum. (3) The permitted maximum is the number of weeks' pay specified by the Secretary of State in regulations. (4) If an employment tribunal makes an order under subsection (1)(a), section 63F and regulations under that section apply as if the application had been received on the date of the order (instead of on the date it was actually received). (63K) Regulations under this Part may make different provision for different cases.

(3) After section 47E (protection from suffering detriment in employment: flexible working) insert—

(47F) (1) An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by the employee's employer done on the ground that the employee— (a) made (or proposed to make) a section 63D application, (b) exercised (or proposed to exercise) a right conferred on the employee under section 63F, (c) brought proceedings against the employer under section 63I, or (d) alleged the existence of any circumstance which would constitute a ground for bringing such proceedings. (2) This section does not apply if the detriment in question amounts to dismissal within the meaning of Part 10.

(4) After section 104D (unfair dismissal: pension enrolment) insert—

(104E) An employee who is dismissed is to be regarded for the purposes of this Part as unfairly dismissed if the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason) for the dismissal is that the employee— (a) made (or proposed to make) a section 63D application, (b) exercised (or proposed to exercise) a right conferred on the employee under section 63F, (c) brought proceedings against the employer under section 63I, or (d) alleged the existence of any circumstance which would constitute a ground for bringing such proceedings.

(5) Schedule 1 makes amendments to employment legislation relating to the provision made by this section.

Part 2 — Local authority functions

Education and training for persons over compulsory school age

Education and training for persons over compulsory school age: general duty

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Before section 15A of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) insert—

(15ZA) (1) A local authority in England must secure that enough suitable education and training is provided to meet the reasonable needs of— (a) persons in their area who are over compulsory school age but under 19, and (b) persons in their area who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to learning difficulty assessment. (2) A local authority may comply with subsection (1) by securing the provision of education or training outside as well as within their area. (3) In deciding for the purposes of subsection (1) whether education or training is suitable to meet persons' reasonable needs, a local authority must (in particular) have regard to— (a) the persons' ages, abilities and aptitudes; (b) any learning difficulties the persons may have; (c) the quality of the education or training; (d) the locations and times at which the education or training is provided. (4) In performing the duty imposed by subsection (1) a local authority must— (a) act with a view to encouraging diversity in the education and training available to persons; (b) act with a view to increasing opportunities for persons to exercise choice; (c) act with a view to enabling persons to whom Part 1 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 applies to fulfil the duty imposed by section 2 of that Act; (d) take account of education and training whose provision the authority think might reasonably be secured by other persons. (5) A local authority must, in— (a) making any determination as to the provision of apprenticeship training that should be secured under subsection (1), or (b) securing the provision of any apprenticeship training under that subsection, co-operate with the Chief Executive of Skills Funding. (6) For the purposes of this section a person has a learning difficulty if— (a) the person has a significantly greater difficulty in learning than the majority of persons of the same age, or (b) the person has a disability which either prevents or hinders the person from making use of facilities of a kind generally provided by institutions providing education or training for persons who are over compulsory school age. (7) But a person is not to be taken to have a learning difficulty solely because the language (or form of language) in which the person is or will be taught is different from a language (or form of language) which has at any time been spoken in the person's home. (8) In this section— - “apprenticeship training” means training provided in connection with— 1. an apprenticeship agreement (within the meaning given in section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009), 2. any other contract of employment, or 3. any other kind of working in relation to which alternative English completion conditions apply under section 1(5) of that Act (meaning of “completing an English apprenticeship”); - “education” includes full-time and part-time education; - “training” includes— 1. full-time and part-time training; 2. vocational, social, physical and recreational training; 3. apprenticeship training. (9) The references in subsection (1) to— (a) persons in a local authority's area who are over compulsory school age but under 19, and (b) persons in a local authority's area who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to learning difficulty assessment, do not include persons who are subject to a detention order. (15ZB) Local authorities in England must co-operate with each other in performing their duties under section 15ZA(1).

Encouragement of education and training for persons over compulsory school age

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After section 15ZB of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (inserted by section 41) insert—

(15ZC) (1) A local authority in England must— (a) encourage participation in education and training by persons in their area who are within section 15ZA(1)(a) or (b); (b) encourage employers to participate in the provision of education and training for such persons. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(b), participating in the provision of training includes participating by entering into— (a) an apprenticeship agreement (within the meaning given in section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009), or (b) any other contract of employment in connection with which training is provided. (3) In this section “education” and “training” have the same meanings as in section 15ZA.

LEA directions: children over compulsory school age

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(1) Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 84(6) (admissions code: interpretation) for the definition of “child” substitute—

“child” includes a person who has not attained the age of 19, except in sections 96 and 97 in so far as those sections apply in relation to Wales;

(3) After section 96(3) (direction to admit child to specified school) insert—

(3A) A direction under this section to admit a child shall not specify a school which has in place admission arrangements that make provision for selection by ability falling within section 99(2)(c) unless the child satisfies the selection criteria.

Power to require provision of education by further education institution

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(1) Before section 52 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c. 13) insert—

(51A) (1) This section applies to an institution in England within the further education sector which provides education suitable to the requirements of persons over compulsory school age but under the age of 19. (2) A local authority may by notice given to the governing body of such an institution— (a) require them to provide specified individuals with such education falling within subsection (1) as is appropriate to the individuals' abilities and aptitudes; (b) withdraw such a requirement. (3) A local authority may specify an individual in a notice under subsection (2) only if the individual— (a) is in the authority's area, and (b) is over compulsory school age but under the age of 19. (4) Before giving a notice under subsection (2) imposing a requirement on a governing body, a local authority must consult— (a) the governing body, and (b) such other persons as the authority think appropriate. (5) The governing body of an institution within subsection (1) must secure compliance with a requirement that has been imposed under subsection (2) and has not been withdrawn. (6) In deciding whether to require a particular institution to provide education to a particular individual under subsection (2) a local authority in England must have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State.

(2) In section 52 of that Act—

(a) in subsection (1) after “institution” insert “ in Wales ”;

(b) in the title, at the end insert “ : Wales ”.

The core and additional entitlements

Duties in relation to the core and additional entitlements

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After section 17 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) insert—

(17A) (1) A local authority in England must exercise their functions in such a way as to secure that the core entitlement is satisfied in relation to persons in their area who are over compulsory school age but under 19. (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (6) In exercising their functions as required by this section, a local authority in England must have regard to any guidance given from time to time by the Secretary of State. (7) In this section— - ... - ... - “ the core entitlement ” has the meaning given by section 17C. (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (9) The reference in subsection (1) to persons in a local authority's area who are over compulsory school age but under 19 does not include persons who are subject to a detention order. (17B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (17C) (A1) A person over compulsory school age but under 19 has the core entitlement. (1) The core entitlement is an entitlement to follow a course of study in each of the core subjects chosen by the person who has the entitlement (the “chosen core subjects”). (2) The core subjects are— (a) mathematics; (b) English; (c) information and communication technology. (3) The core entitlement is satisfied in relation to a person if a course of study in each of the chosen core subjects is made available to the person at a school or institution. (4) A person's entitlement to follow a course of study in one of the chosen core subjects ceases if— (a) a course of study in the subject is made available to the person, but (b) the person does not begin the course of study before reaching the age of 19. (5) In this section “ course of study ” means a course of education or training leading to a qualification specified, or a qualification of a description specified, by the Secretary of State by order for the purposes of this subsection. (17D) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Boarding accommodation: persons subject to learning difficulty assessment

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After section 514 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) insert—

(514A) (1) A local authority in England may secure the provision of boarding accommodation in connection with the provision of education or training for a person in their area who is— (a) over compulsory school age but under 25, and (b) subject to learning difficulty assessment. (2) A local authority may secure the provision of boarding accommodation under subsection (1) either within or outside their area. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1) it is immaterial who provides, or secures the provision of, the education or training. (4) In this section “education” and “training” have the same meanings as in section 15ZA.

Work experience

Work experience for persons over compulsory school age

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After section 560 of the Education Act 1996 insert—

(560A) (1) A local authority in England may secure the provision of work experience for persons in their area— (a) who are over compulsory school age but under 19, or (b) who are aged 19 or over but under 25 and are subject to learning difficulty assessment. (2) A local authority in England must— (a) encourage participation in work experience by persons in their area who are within subsection (1)(a) or (b); (b) encourage employers to participate in the provision of work experience for such persons.

Persons detained in youth accommodation

Provision of education for persons subject to youth detention

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After section 18 of the Education Act 1996 insert—

(18A) (1) A local authority must secure that— (a) enough suitable education is provided to meet the reasonable needs of children subject to youth detention in their area; (b) enough suitable education and training is provided to meet the reasonable needs of persons who are— (i) over compulsory school age but under 19, and (ii) subject to youth detention in their area. (2) In deciding for the purposes of subsection (1) whether education or training is suitable to meet persons' reasonable needs, a local authority must (in particular) have regard to— (a) the persons' ages, abilities and aptitudes; (b) any special educational needs or learning difficulties (within the meaning of section 15ZA(6) and (7)) the persons may have; (c) the desirability of enabling persons to complete programmes of study or training which they have begun; (d) any relevant curriculum and the desirability that education received by persons subject to youth detention should be comparable with education which they could be expected to receive if they were attending a school or institution implementing a relevant curriculum; (e) the desirability of the core entitlement ... being satisfied in relation to persons over compulsory school age but under 19 .... (3) In subsection (2)(d), “relevant curriculum” means— (a) in relation to a local authority in England, the National Curriculum for England established under section 87 of the Education Act 2002 as subsisting for the time being; (b) in relation to a local authority in Wales— (i) the National Curriculum for Wales established under section 108 of that Act as subsisting for the time being, or (ii) any local curriculum formed by the authority under section 116A of the Education Act 2002 (formation of local curricula for pupils in Key Stage 4) or for their area under section 33A of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (formation of local curricula for students aged 16 to 18). (4) Section 17C (the core entitlement) applies for the purposes of subsection (2)(e). (5) Any arrangements made by a local authority under subsection (1) for the provision by another person (the “learning provider”) of education or training must require the learning provider, in making any determination as to the education or training to be provided for a particular person (“P”), to have regard to any information within subsection (6). (6) The information within this subsection is— (a) information provided under section 562F by a local authority as to the level of P's literacy and numeracy skills; (b) any other information provided under section 562F by P's home authority (within the meaning of Chapter 5A of Part 10) for the purpose of assisting a determination such as is mentioned in subsection (5). (7) In performing the duty imposed by subsection (1), a local authority must have regard to any guidance issued— (a) in the case of a local authority in England, by the Secretary of State; (b) in the case of a local authority in Wales, by the Welsh Ministers. (8) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person is subject to youth detention in the area of a local authority if— (a) subject to a detention order, and (b) detained in relevant youth accommodation in the area of the authority.

Persons detained in youth accommodation: application of provisions

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(1) Section 562 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (Act not to apply to persons detained under order of a court) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) for “detained in pursuance of an order made by a court or of an order of recall made by the Secretary of State” substitute “ subject to a detention order and is detained in accommodation that is not relevant youth accommodation ”, and

(b) for “a person who is detained in pursuance of such an order” substitute “ such a person ”.

(3) After that subsection insert—

(1A) For the purposes of this Act— (a) a person is subject to a detention order if detained in pursuance of— (i) an order made by a court, or (ii) an order of recall made by the Secretary of State, and (b) relevant youth accommodation is accommodation which— (i) is youth detention accommodation (within the meaning given by section 107(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000), and (ii) is not in a young offender institution, or part of such an institution, that is used wholly or mainly for the detention of persons aged 18 and over.

(4) In subsection (2), for “subsection (1)” substitute “ this section ”.

(5) After that subsection add—

(3) A child or young person who is being kept in accommodation provided for the purpose of restricting liberty is not to be regarded for the purposes of this section as detained in pursuance of an order made by a court by reason of the fact that a court has authorised the person to be kept in such accommodation under section 25(4) of the Children Act 1989 (use of accommodation for restricting liberty).

(6) In the title, after “apply to” insert “ certain ”.

Persons detained in youth accommodation: further provision

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After section 562 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) insert—

Chapter 5A Persons detained in youth accommodation Provisions applying to detained persons (562A) (1) In its application in relation to detained persons, this Act has effect subject to modifications prescribed by regulations made by the appropriate national authority. (2) The power conferred by subsection (1) may not be exercised to modify the application of a provision of this Act if— (a) the provision makes special provision in relation to detained persons, or a description of detained persons, (b) the application of the provision in relation to detained persons, or a description of detained persons, is excluded by provision made by this Act, or (c) the provision has effect in relation to detained persons, or a description of detained persons, subject to modifications made by this Act. (3) References in this Chapter to a detained person are to a child or young person who is— (a) subject to a detention order, and (b) detained in relevant youth accommodation; and, in provisions applying on a person's release, also include references to a person who, immediately before release, was a detained person. (562B) (1) Subsection (2) applies in relation to a detained person who is not a looked after child. (2) The home authority must— (a) during the period of detention in relevant youth accommodation, and (b) on the person's release from detention in relevant youth accommodation, take such steps as they consider appropriate to promote the person's fulfilment of his or her learning potential. (3) Those steps must include, where it appears to the home authority appropriate for them to do so, making arrangements for the provision, on the person's release from detention— (a) of education, or (b) in the case of a person who is over compulsory school age, of education or training. (4) Where the host authority make any determination as to the education or training to be provided for a detained person, the authority must have regard to— (a) any information provided under section 562F by a local authority as to the level of the person's literacy and numeracy skills; (b) any other information provided by the home authority under section 562F for the purpose of assisting any such determination. (562C) (1) This section applies where, immediately before the beginning of the detention, a local authority were maintaining a statement under section 324 for a detained person. (2) The authority must keep the statement while the person is detained in relevant youth accommodation. (3) The host authority must use best endeavours to secure that appropriate special educational provision is made for the detained person while the person is detained in relevant youth accommodation. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), appropriate special educational provision is— (a) the special educational provision that, immediately before the beginning of the detention, was specified in the statement, (b) educational provision corresponding as closely as practicable to the special educational provision so specified, or (c) if it appears to the host authority that the special educational provision so specified is no longer appropriate for the person, such special educational provision as reasonably appears to the host authority to be appropriate for the person. (562D) (1) This section applies where special educational provision is secured for a person in circumstances where section 562C applies. (2) A local authority may supply goods and services to— (a) the host authority, or (b) any other person making the special educational provision in question. (3) Goods and services may be supplied under subsection (2) only for the purpose of assisting the making or securing of that special educational provision. (562E) (1) This section applies in relation to a detained person who is detained in particular relevant youth accommodation. (2) The host authority must arrange for the level of the detained person's literacy and numeracy skills to be assessed as soon as reasonably practicable after the beginning of the period during which the person is detained in that accommodation. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply if the authority are satisfied that they have evidence of the current level of the person's literacy and numeracy skills. (4) The “current level” of a detained person's literacy and numeracy skills is the level of those skills at the beginning of the period during which the person is detained in the relevant youth accommodation in question. Provision of information relating to detained persons (562F) (1) Any person who has provided education or training for a detained person (whether before or during the period of detention) may provide information relating to the detained person to— (a) the home authority, or (b) the host authority, for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provision of education or training for the detained person. (2) A local authority must, on a request under subsection (3), as soon as practicable provide to the person making the request such information that they hold relating to a detained person as is requested. (3) A request is made under this subsection if it— (a) is made by a person within subsection (4), and (b) asks only for information which the person requires for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provision of education or training for the detained person (including education or training to be provided after the detained person's release from detention). (4) Those persons are— (a) any other local authority; (b) a youth offending team established under section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; (c) the person in charge of any place at which the detained person is detained or is expected to be detained; (d) any person providing or proposing to provide education or training for the detained person. (5) The Welsh Ministers must, on a request by the home authority or the host authority, provide a copy of any relevant assessment report for the purposes of the exercise of any function of that authority under section 18A or this Chapter. (6) In subsection (5), “relevant assessment report” means a report of an assessment of a detained person conducted (whether before or during the period of detention)— (a) under section 140 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000, and (b) by virtue of arrangements made by the Welsh Ministers. (7) Subsection (8) applies in relation to a detained person if it appears to the host authority that the person is to be released from detention in relevant youth accommodation. (8) The host authority must provide to the home authority any information they hold which— (a) relates to the detained person, and (b) may be relevant for the purposes of, or in connection with, the provision of education or training for the detained person after the release. (9) The information required to be provided under subsection (8) must be provided at such time as the host authority think reasonable for the purpose of enabling education or training to be provided for the detained person after the release. (10) Nothing in subsections (7) to (9) requires the host authority to provide to the home authority information which it appears to the host authority that the home authority already have. (11) In this section any reference to the host authority, in relation to a detained person, includes a reference to any local authority in whose area the person is expected to be detained. (562G) (1) This section applies in relation to a detained person if, immediately before the beginning of the detention, a local authority were maintaining a statement under section 324 for the person. (2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply where the home authority become aware (whether by notice under section 39A(2) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (detention of child or young person: local authorities to be notified) or otherwise)— (a) that the person— (i) has become subject to a detention order, and (ii) is detained in relevant youth accommodation, or (b) that the person has been transferred from one place of accommodation to another place of accommodation which is relevant youth accommodation. (3) If, immediately before the beginning of the detention, the home authority were maintaining the statement, they must send a copy of the statement to the host authority. (4) If the home authority are or become aware that, immediately before the beginning of the detention, another local authority were maintaining a statement for the person under section 324, they must notify the host authority— (a) of that fact, and (b) of the identity of that other local authority. (5) The local authority who, immediately before the beginning of the detention, were maintaining the statement must, on a request by the host authority, send a copy of the statement to the host authority. (6) Subsections (7) and (8) apply where the person is released from detention in relevant youth accommodation. (7) The host authority must notify the following of the person's release— (a) the home authority, and (b) if different, the authority who, immediately before the beginning of the detention, were maintaining the statement under section 324. (8) If the home authority are not the authority who, immediately before the beginning of the detention, were maintaining the statement, the host authority must also notify the home authority— (a) of the fact that immediately before the beginning of the detention a statement was being maintained for the person by a local authority under section 324, and (b) of the identity of that authority. (9) Nothing in this section requires any local authority to notify another authority of any matter of which the other authority are already aware, or to send a copy of any statement to another authority who already have a copy of it. (562H) (1) This section applies in relation to the release from detention in relevant youth accommodation of a detained person in relation to whom section 562G does not apply. (2) Subsection (3) applies where it appears to the host authority that the detained person will, on release, be a child within the meaning of Part 4. (3) If the host authority are of the opinion that the person has, or may have, special educational needs, they must, on the person's release, notify the home authority of their opinion. (4) Subsections (5) and (6) apply where, on release, the detained person— (a) will be over compulsory school age, or (b) will cease to be of compulsory school age within one year. (5) If— (a) the host authority are of the opinion that the person has, or may have, a learning difficulty (within the meaning of section 15ZA (6) and (7)), and (b) the home authority are a local authority in England, the host authority must, on the person's release, notify the home authority of their opinion. (6) If— (a) the host authority are of the opinion that the person has, or may have, a learning difficulty (within the meaning of section 41 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000 (assessments relating to learning difficulties: Wales)) and (b) the home authority are a local authority in Wales, the host authority must, on the person's release, notify the Welsh Ministers of their opinion. Supplementary (562I) In performing their functions under this Chapter a local authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the appropriate national authority. (562J) (1) In this Chapter— - “the appropriate national authority” means— 1. in relation to England, the Secretary of State; 2. in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers; - “beginning of the detention”, in relation to a person detained in relevant youth accommodation, means— 1. the beginning of the period of detention in such accommodation, or 2. where that period is part of a continuous period, comprising periods of detention in relevant youth accommodation and in other accommodation, the beginning of that continuous period; - “detained person” has the meaning given by section 562A(3); - “the home authority”— 1. in relation to a child or young person who immediately before the beginning of the detention was, or at any time since then has been, a looked after child, means the local authority who are ... looking after, or who have most recently been looking after, the person; 2. in relation to any other child or young person, means the local authority in whose area the person is ordinarily resident; - “the host authority”, in relation to a child or young person detained in relevant youth accommodation, means the local authority in whose area the child or young person is detained; - “looked after child” means a person who, for the purposes of the Children Act 1989 is a child looked after by a local authority; and references to the local authority looking after the person are to be read accordingly; - “young person” includes a person aged 18. (2) For the purposes of the definition of “beginning of the detention” in subsection (1), it is immaterial whether or not a period of detention is pursuant to a single order. (3) In determining for the purpose of subsection (1) where a child or young person is ordinarily resident, any period when the person is subject to a detention order is to be disregarded. (4) Regulations made by the appropriate national authority may make further provision for determining where a person is ordinarily resident for the purpose of that subsection.

Detention of child or young person: local education authorities to be notified

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After section 39 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c. 37) insert—

(39A) (1) Subsection (2) applies where a youth offending team becomes aware that— (a) a child or young person has become subject to a detention order and is detained in relevant youth accommodation, or (b) a child or young person who is subject to a detention order has been transferred from one place of accommodation to another which is relevant youth accommodation. (2) The youth offending team must as soon as practicable notify— (a) the home local authority, and (b) the host local authority, of the place where the child or young person is detained. (3) Subsection (4) applies where a youth offending team becomes aware that a person has been released having immediately before release been— (a) subject to a detention order, and (b) detained in relevant youth accommodation. (4) The youth offending team must as soon as practicable notify the following authorities of the release— (a) the home local authority; (b) the host local authority; (c) any other local authority in whose area the youth offending team expects the person to live on release. (5) Nothing in this section requires a youth offending team to notify a local authority of any matter of which the authority is already aware. (6) In this section— - “home local authority”, in relation to a child or young person, means the local authority which is the home authority in relation to that person within the meaning of Chapter 5A of Part 10 of the Education Act 1996 (persons detained in youth accommodation); - “host local authority”, in relation to a child or young person who is detained in relevant youth accommodation, means the local authority for the area in which that person is detained; - “local authority” has the meaning given by section 579(1) of the Education Act 1996; - “young person” includes a person who is aged 18; and references in this section to a person subject to a detention order and to relevant youth accommodation have the same meanings as they have in the Education Act 1996 (see section 562(1A) of that Act).

Release from detention of child or young person with special educational needs

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(1) The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended as follows.

(2) After section 312 insert—

(312A) (1) No provision of, or made under, this Part applies in relation to a child who is subject to a detention order and detained in relevant youth accommodation. (2) The following provisions of this section apply where a child who has been subject to a detention order is released having, immediately before release, been detained in relevant youth accommodation. (3) Subject to subsection (6), a statement which was maintained for the child by a local authority under section 324 immediately before the beginning of the detention is, from the child's release, to be treated as being maintained by that authority under section 324. (4) In subsection (3) “the beginning of the detention” means— (a) the beginning of the period of detention in relevant youth accommodation, or (b) where that period is part of a continuous period, comprising periods of detention in relevant youth accommodation and in other accommodation, the beginning of that continuous period. (5) For the purposes of subsection (4), it is immaterial whether or not a period of detention is pursuant to a single order. (6) Where, on the child's release, a local authority (“the new authority”) other than the authority mentioned in subsection (3) (“the old authority”) becomes responsible for the child for the purposes of this Part— (a) the old authority must transfer the statement to the new authority, and (b) from the child's release, the statement is to be treated as being maintained by the new authority under section 324.

(3) In section 328(5) (reviews of educational needs), at the end of paragraph (a) (but before “and”) insert—

(aa) where the child concerned— (i) has been subject to a detention order, and (ii) immediately before release was detained in relevant youth accommodation, on the child's release from detention,

Transport in England

Provision of transport etc for persons of sixth form age: duty to have regard to section 15ZA duty

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In section 509AB(3) of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (provision of transport etc for persons of sixth form age in England: matters to which local authorities must have regard) after paragraph (b) insert—

(ba) what they are required to do under section 15ZA(1) in relation to persons of sixth form age,

Transport policy statements for persons of sixth form age: consultation

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In section 509AB(6) of the Education Act 1996 (people to be consulted when preparing transport policy statements for persons of sixth form age in England), in paragraph (c), before “and” insert—

(ca) persons in the local authority's area who will be of sixth form age when the statement has effect, and their parents,

Transport policy statements for persons of sixth form age: content and publication

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(1) In section 509AB of the Education Act 1996 (provision about transport policy statements for persons of sixth form age in England), after subsection (7) insert—

(7A) In preparing and publishing a statement under section 509AA, a local authority must have regard (among other things) to the need to— (a) include in the statement sufficient information about the matters that the statement must specify, and (b) publish the statement in time, to enable persons who will be of sixth form age when the statement has effect and their parents to take reasonable account of those matters when choosing between different establishments at which education or training is provided.

(2) In section 509AA(10) of that Act (time by which transport policy statements for persons of sixth form age in England must be published) for “by substituting a different date for 31st May” substitute “ to change the time by which the statement must be published ”.

Complaints about transport arrangements etc for persons of sixth form age

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(1) The Education Act 1996 is amended as follows.

(2) After section 509AD (local authorities in England: duty to have regard to religion or belief in exercise of travel functions) insert—

(509AE) (1) A local authority may revise a statement prepared under section 509AA to change the arrangements specified under subsection (2) or (3) of that section if, as a result of a sixth form transport complaint, they have come to consider the change necessary for the purpose of the arrangements specified under the subsection in question. (2) A local authority must revise a statement prepared under section 509AA to change the arrangements specified under subsection (2) or (3) of that section if, as a result of a sixth form transport complaint, the Secretary of State has directed them to do so. (3) An authority that revise a statement under subsection (1) or (2) must publish the revised statement and a description of the revision as soon as practicable. (4) The Secretary of State need not consider whether to exercise any power under sections 496 to 497A (powers to prevent unreasonable exercise of functions, etc), section 509AA(9) (power to require local authority to make additional transport arrangements), or subsection (2) of this section in response to a matter that is, or could have been, the subject of a sixth form transport complaint made to him or her unless satisfied that— (a) the matter has been brought to the notice of the local authority concerned, and (b) the authority have had a reasonable opportunity to investigate the matter and respond. (5) In this section “sixth form transport complaint” means a complaint that is— (a) about a local authority's exercise of, or failure to exercise, a function under sections 509AA to 509AD in relation to persons of sixth form age, and (b) made by a person who is, or will be, a person of sixth form age when the matter complained of has effect, or by a parent of such a person, and “sixth form age” is to be construed in accordance with section 509AC(1). (6) For the purposes of sections 509AA(8) and (9), 509AB(1) to (5), 509AC and 509AD, the revision of a statement under this section is to be treated as the preparation of a statement under section 509AA. (7) Where a local authority have published in a single document a statement prepared under section 508G and a statement prepared under 509AA, the requirement to publish a revised statement under subsection (3) is to be treated as a requirement to publish a version of the document that includes the revised statement.

(3) In section 509AA (provision of transport etc for persons of sixth form age), at the end insert—

(11) Subsection (9) is subject to section 509AE (complaints about transport arrangements etc for persons of sixth form age in England).

Local education authorities in England: provision of transport etc for adult learners

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(1) The Education Act 1996 (c. 56) is amended as follows.

(2) After section 508E (Local authorities in England: school travel schemes) insert—

(508F) (1) A local authority in England must make such arrangements for the provision of transport and otherwise as they consider necessary, or as the Secretary of State may direct, for the purposes mentioned in subsections (2) and (3). (2) The first purpose is to facilitate the attendance of adults receiving education at institutions— (a) maintained or assisted by the authority and providing further or higher education (or both), or (b) within the further education sector. (3) The second purpose is to facilitate the attendance of relevant young adults receiving education or training at institutions outside both the further and higher education sectors, but only in cases where the local authority have secured for the adults in question— (a) the provision of education or training at the institution in question, and (b) the provision of boarding accommodation under section 514A. (4) Any transport provided under subsection (1) must be provided free of charge. (5) In considering what arrangements it is necessary to make under subsection (1) in relation to relevant young adults, a local authority must have regard to what they are required to do under section 15ZA(1) in relation to those persons. (6) In considering whether they are required by subsection (1) to make arrangements in relation to a particular adult, a local authority must have regard (among other things) to the age of the adult and the nature of the route, or alternative routes, which the adult could reasonably be expected to take. (7) Arrangements made under subsection (1) by virtue of subsection (3) to facilitate full-time education or training at an institution outside both the further and higher education sectors must be no less favourable than the arrangements made for relevant young adults of the same age for whom the authority secure the provision of education at another institution. (8) A local authority in England may pay all or part of the reasonable travelling expenses of an adult— (a) receiving education or training at an institution mentioned in subsection (2) or (3), and (b) for whose transport no arrangements are made under subsection (1). (9) In this section— - “adult” means a person who is neither a child nor a person of sixth form age, - “sixth form age” is to be construed in accordance with section 509AC(1), and - “relevant young adult” means an adult who is aged under 25 and is subject to learning difficulty assessment. (508G) (1) A local authority in England making arrangements, or proposing to pay travelling expenses, under section 508F in relation to relevant young adults must consult— (a) any other local authority that they consider it appropriate to consult, (b) governing bodies of institutions within the further education sector in the authority's area, (c) persons in the local authority's area who will be relevant young adults when the arrangements or payments have effect, and their parents, (d) the Secretary of State, and (e) any other person specified by the Secretary of State. (2) The authority must prepare for each academic year a transport policy statement complying with the following requirements. (3) The statement must specify any transport or other arrangements, and any payment of travelling expenses, made or to be made in relation to the year under section 508F in relation to relevant young adults. (4) The statement must also specify any travel concessions (within the meaning of Part 5 of the Transport Act 1985) which are to be provided under any scheme established under section 93 of that Act to relevant young adults receiving education or training at an institution mentioned in subsection (2) or (3) of section 508F. (5) The authority must publish the statement by the end of May in the year in which the relevant academic year begins. (6) In preparing and publishing the statement, the authority must have regard (among other things) to the need to— (a) include in the statement sufficient information about the matters that the statement must specify, and (b) publish the statement in time, to enable relevant young adults and their parents to take reasonable account of those matters when choosing between different institutions at which education or training is provided. (7) The publication of a statement under this section in relation to an academic year does not prevent an authority from— (a) making additional arrangements or payments under section 508F in relation to the academic year, or (b) providing additional travel concessions in relation to the academic year. (8) The Secretary of State may amend subsection (5) by order to change the time by which the statement must be published. (9) In this section— - “academic year” has the meaning given in section 509AC, - “governing body” has the meaning given in section 509AC, and - “relevant young adult” has the meaning given in section 508F. (508H) In making arrangements under section 508F(1) and preparing and publishing a statement under section 508G, a local authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Secretary of State under this section. (508I) (1) A local authority may revise a statement prepared under section 508G to change any matter specified under subsection (3) of that section if, as a result of a relevant young adult transport complaint, they have come to consider the change necessary for a purpose mentioned in section 508F(2) or (3). (2) A local authority must revise a statement prepared under section 508G to change any matter specified in subsection (3) of that section if, as a result of a relevant young adult transport complaint, the Secretary of State has directed them to do so. (3) An authority that revise a statement under subsection (1) or (2) must publish the revised statement and a description of the revision as soon as practicable. (4) The Secretary of State need not consider whether to exercise any power under sections 496 to 497A (powers to prevent unreasonable exercise of functions, etc) or subsection (2) of this section in response to a matter that is, or could have been, the subject of a relevant young adult transport complaint made to him or her unless satisfied that— (a) the matter has been brought to the notice of the local authority concerned, and (b) the authority have had a reasonable opportunity to investigate the matter and respond. (5) In this section “relevant young adult transport complaint” means a complaint that is— (a) about a local authority's exercise of, or failure to exercise, a function under section 508F or 508G in relation to relevant young adults, and (b) made by a person who is, or will be, a relevant young adult when the matter complained of has effect, or by a parent of such a person, and “relevant young adult” has the meaning given in section 508F. (6) For the purposes of sections 508G(7) and 508H, the revision of a statement under this section is to be treated as the preparation of a statement under section 508G. (7) Where a local authority have published in a single document a statement prepared under section 509AA and a statement prepared under 508G, the requirement to publish a revised statement under subsection (3) is to be treated as a requirement to publish a version of the document that includes the revised statement.

(3) In section 509AD(2) (Local authorities in England: duty to have regard to religion or belief in exercise of travel functions) for the entry relating to section 508F substitute—

section 508F (Local authorities in England: provision of transport etc for adult learners);

(4) Section 509 (provision of transport etc) ceases to have effect.

(5) Section 81 of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (c. 40) (Local authorities in England: provision of transport etc for certain adult learners) ceases to have effect.

Powers in respect of non-maintained schools

Power of LEAs to arrange provision of education at non-maintained schools

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(1) The following provisions cease to have effect—

(a) section 128 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (c. 31), and

(b) paragraph 64 of Schedule 30 to that Act.

(2) Accordingly, sections 16 and 18 of the Education Act 1996 (c. 56) (powers of local authorities to assist, and arrange provision of education at, non-maintained schools) continue to have effect as if the provisions mentioned in subsection (1) had never been enacted.

General

Minor and consequential amendments

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Schedule 2 contains minor and consequential amendments relating to the provision made by this Part.

Part 3 — The Young People's Learning Agency for England

Chapter 1 — Establishment

The Young People’s Learning Agency for England

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Chapter 2 — Main functions

Funding

Provision of financial resources

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Financial resources: conditions

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Performance assessments

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Means tests

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Prohibition on charging

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Securing provision of education and training

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Part 1 — Apprenticeships, study and training

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