[F12Meaning of “completing a Welsh apprenticeship”E+W
(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,
(c)that the person has completed a course of training for the competencies qualification identified in the 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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. A9, A10 inserted (4.7.2016) by Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), ss. 24(1), 44(2)(c)
Commencement Information
I1S. 2 in force at 10.5.2013 by S.I. 2013/1100, art. 2(1)(a)