The Apprenticeships (Modifications to the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England) Order 2015

Made: 12th February 2015

Laid before Parliament: 18th February 2015

Coming into force: 6th April 2015

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 commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeships (Modifications to the Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England) Order 2015 and comes into force on 6th April 2015.

Modified Specification of Apprentice Standards for England

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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 (as modified by the document entitled “Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE)” published by the Secretary of State on 7th March 2013, with ISBN 978-0-85605-727-4) has effect with the modifications contained in the document entitled “Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for England (SASE)” published by the Secretary of State on 12th February 2015, with unique reference number BIS/15/14[^f00002][^f00003].

Signed

Nick Boles — Minister of State for Skills and Equalities — Department for Business, Innovation and Skills — 12th February 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

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 “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 12th February 2015 with unique reference number BIS/15/14 and can be found on the government website (gov.uk) at 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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 c. 22.

[^f00002]: The publication is available from www.gov.uk/government/publications/specification-of-apprenticeship-standards-for-england.

[^f00003]: The last document contains a consolidated version of the specification of apprenticeship standards for England incorporating all the modifications made to it.