The Apprenticeships (Transitional Provision for Existing Vocational Specifications) (England) Order 2011

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeships (Transitional Provision for Existing Vocational Specifications) (England) Order 2011 and comes into force on 13th April 2011.

(2) In this Order—

“ACS” means the Accredited Certification Scheme;

“the Act” means the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;

“BTEC” means the Business and Technology Education Council;

“ITQ” means an Information Technology Qualification;

“NVQ” means a National Vocational Qualification; and

“QCF” means the Qualifications and Credit Framework.

Transitional arrangements for existing vocational specifications

2.—(1) The existing vocational specifications specified in the first column of the Schedule are to be treated as if they were apprenticeship frameworks issued under section 14(1) of the Act.

(2) The existing vocational specifications in the Schedule—

(a) are to be treated as being issued under section 14(1) of the Act on 13th April 2011; and

(b) are to be treated as being withdrawn under section 14(2) of the Act on 31st December 2011.

(3) For each of the existing vocational specifications in the first column of the Schedule, the Schedule specifies—

(a) in the second column, the qualification that the deemed framework is to be treated as identifying as the competencies qualification;

(b) in the third column, the level that is to be treated as being stated in the deemed framework; and

(c) in the fourth column, the apprenticeship sector that is to be treated as being stated in the deemed framework.

John Hayes

Minister of State for Further Education, Skills and Life Long Learning

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

23rd March 2011