The Apprenticeships (Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales) Order 2013

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 1192 (W.128)

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING,WALES

The Apprenticeships (Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales) Order 2013

Made

20 May 2013

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales

23 May 2013

Coming into force

23 June 2013

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(3) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009(1).

In accordance with section 28(5) of that Act, theWelsh Ministers are satisfied that the specification of apprenticeship standards given effect by this Order complies with section 31.

This is the first draft specification of apprenticeship standards to be prepared after the commencement of section 28 of that Act, and in accordance with section 28(4), theWelsh Ministers were not required to consult such persons as they think appropriate.

Title, commencement and application

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Apprenticeships (Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales) Order 2013 and it comes into force on 23 June 2013.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales

2.  The document entitled "The Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales (SASW)" published by the Welsh Ministers on 13 May 2013 has effect.

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 Order)

This Order, made under section 28(3) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 ("the Act"), brings the specification of apprenticeship standards for Wales into effect.

The Order specifies that the document entitled "The Specification of Apprenticeship Standards for Wales (SASW)" ("the document") has effect. The document has been prepared by the Welsh Ministers in accordance with the procedures in section 28 of the Act.

The document specifies the requirements that must be met for the recognised Welsh frameworks to be issued under section 19(1) of the Act.