Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

• (b) whether the qualification (in conjunction with any steps approved under section A2D4) could lead to a technical education certificate.

• (2) If approval of the technical education qualification is withdrawn, the Secretary of State must publish, with the information published under section ZA10(5) in relation to the occupation, information indicating that the approval of the qualification has been withdrawn.

• (3) The Secretary of State may ... charge fees for things done in connection with approval, or continued approval, of qualifications under section A2D5.

• (4) The fees are to be determined by or in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State.

A2D8

• (1) The Secretary of State must maintain arrangements for reviewing approved technical education qualifications ... with a view to determining, for each qualification, whether—

• (a) it should continue to be approved,

• (b) it should be revised, or

• (c) approval should be withdrawn.

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A2D9

• (1) This section applies where the Secretary of State determines that there is an appropriate number of approved technical education qualifications of a particular kind.

• (2) The Secretary of State may decide not to approve further technical education qualifications of that kind under section A2D5 for a period (a “moratorium”).

• (3) Where the Secretary of State decides that there should be a moratorium in relation to technical education qualifications of a particular kind, the Secretary of State—

• (a) must publish that decision, and

• (b) during the moratorium, may not approve any further technical education qualification of that kind under section A2D5.

• (4) A moratorium ends when the Secretary of State decides to end it.

• (5) Where the Secretary of State decides to end a moratorium, the Secretary of State must publish that decision.

• (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

A2D11

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A2IB

The Secretary of State may provide advice and assistance, or take other steps that the Secretary of State considers appropriate, for the purpose of enabling approved technical education qualifications to be made available to be obtained by persons outside England.

A12

• (1) In this Chapter—

• “approved technical education qualification” means a technical education qualification that is approved by the Secretary of State under section A2D3 or A2D5;

• ...

• “published occupation” means an occupation which the Secretary of State has determined falls within section ZA10(1)(a) and in relation to which information is published under section ZA10(5);

• “specified category”, in relation to a qualification, means a category specified under section A2D2;

• “technical education certificate” has the meaning given by section A3A;

• “technical education qualification” means a qualification that relates to one or more occupations.

• (2) References in this Chapter to approval, in relation to a technical education qualification approved under section A2D3 or A2D5, are to approval under the section in question.

40AB

• (1) Ofqual may disclose information to a relevant person for the purpose of a relevant function of—

• (a) Ofqual, or

• (b) the relevant person.

• (2) A relevant person may disclose information to Ofqual for the purpose of a relevant function of—

• (a) Ofqual, or

• (b) the relevant person.

• (3) In this section “relevant person” means—

• (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

• (b) the OfS;

• (c) Ofsted;

• (d) a prescribed person.

• (4) In this section “relevant function” means—

• (a) in relation to ... Ofqual, the OfS or Ofsted, a technical education function of that body so far as the function relates to England;

• (b) in relation to a prescribed person, a prescribed technical education function of that person, so far as the function relates to England.

• (5) In this section—

• “Ofqual”, the “OfS” and “Ofsted” have the same meanings as in section 40AA;

• “technical education function” means a function that relates to technical education qualifications approved, or that may be approved, by the Secretary of State under section A2D3 or A2D5.

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