The Apprenticeships (Issue of Apprenticeship Certificates) (Wales) Regulations 2013

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 1190 (W.126)

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING,WALES

The Apprenticeships (Issue of Apprenticeship Certificates) (Wales) Regulations 2013

Made

20 May 2013

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

23 May 2013

Coming into force

23 June 2013

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7, 8 and 9 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009(1), make the following Regulations:

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Apprenticeships (Issue of Apprenticeship Certificates) (Wales) Regulations 2013 and they come into force on 23 June 2013.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations, "the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.

Manner of applying for an apprenticeship certificate

3.  For the purposes of applying for an apprenticeship certificate under sections 7 and 8 of the Act, a person must make an application in writing.

Fees for the issue of an apprenticeship certificate

4.—(1) The Welsh certifying authority(2) is authorised to charge the person applying for an apprenticeship certificate a fee for the issue of an apprenticeship certificate.

(2) The amount of the fee which theWelsh certifying authority may charge for issuing an apprenticeship certificate must not exceed £30, or the cost incurred by the Welsh certifying authority of issuing the apprenticeship certificate, whichever amount is lower.

Supply of copies of apprenticeship certificates

5.—(1) TheWelsh certifying authority must supply a copy of an apprenticeship certificate to the person issued with the original of the apprenticeship certificate where an application is made in writing by that person to the Welsh certifying authority.

(2) The Welsh certifying authority is authorised to charge a fee for supplying a copy of an apprenticeship certificate.

(3) The amount of the fee which the Welsh certifying authority may charge for supplying a copy of an apprenticeship certificate must not exceed £30, or the cost incurred by the Welsh certifying authority of supplying the apprenticeship certificate, whichever amount is lower.

Jeff Cuthbert

Under authority of the Minister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers

20 May 2013

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations relate to the issue of apprenticeship certificates under sections 7 and 8 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22) ("theAct"). These Regulations form part of the implementation of the statutory apprenticeships programme in Part 1 of Chapter 1 of the Act.

Regulation 3 prescribes the manner of applying for an apprenticeship certificate under sections 7 and 8 of the Act. A person must make an application in writing. Regulation 4 authorises the Welsh certifying authority to charge a fee for the cost of issuing an apprenticeship certificate, which must not exceed the amount set out in the Regulations. Regulation 5 places a duty on the Welsh certifying authority to supply a copy of an apprenticeship certificate to persons issued with the original apprenticeship certificate, and authorises the Welsh certifying authority to charge a fee for the cost of supplying an apprenticeship certificate which must not exceed the amount set out in the Regulations.

(1)

2009 c.22.

(2)

The Apprenticeships (Designation of Welsh Certifying Authority) Order 2013 S.I. 2013/1191 (W.127).