Part 1Apprenticeships, study and training

F1CHAPTER A1Apprenticeships: England

A1Meaning of “approved English apprenticeship” etc

(1)

This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2)

An approved English apprenticeship is an arrangement which—

(a)

takes place under an approved English apprenticeship agreement, or

(b)

is an alternative English apprenticeship,

and, in either case, satisfies any conditions specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(3)

An approved English apprenticeship agreement is an agreement which—

(a)

provides for a person (“the apprentice”) to work for another person for reward in a sector for which the Secretary of State has published an approved apprenticeship standard under section A2,

(b)

provides for the apprentice to receive training in order to assist the apprentice to achieve the approved apprenticeship standard in the work done under the agreement, and

(c)

satisfies any other conditions specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(4)

An alternative English apprenticeship is an arrangement, under which a person works, which is of a kind described in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(5)

Regulations under subsection (4) may, for example, describe arrangements which relate to cases where a person—

(a)

works otherwise than for another person;

(b)

works otherwise than for reward.

(6)

A person completes an approved English apprenticeship if the person achieves the approved apprenticeship standard while doing an approved English apprenticeship.

(7)

The “approved apprenticeship standard”, in relation to an approved English apprenticeship, means the standard which applies in relation to the work to be done under the apprenticeship (see section A2).