Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22)

Amends:

Deddf Addysg 1996 (p.56)
Deddf Addysg 1997 (p.44)
Further and Higher Education Act 1992 (c.13)
Deddf Safonau a Fframwaith Ysgolion 1998 (p.31)
Deddf Addysg 2002 (p.32)
Further Education and Training Act 2007 (c.25)

To make provision about apprenticeships, education, training and children’s services; to amend the Employment Rights Act 1996; to establish the Young People’s Learning Agency for England, the office of Chief Executive of Skills Funding, the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and the School Support Staff Negotiating Body and to make provision about those bodies and that office; to make provision about the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority; to make provision about schools and institutions within the further education sector; to make provision about student loans; and for connected purposes.

Swyddogaethau a gyflawnir gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru neu Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru.

The following Ministerial functions under this Act are exercisable solely by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales:

Part 1: Apprenticeships, Study and Training:

Chapter 1: Apprenticeships:

section 2(5): Power by regulations to specify alternative completion conditions in order to complete a "Welsh apprenticeship". Power subject to affirmative resolution procedure in the Assembly. Power subject to affirmative resolution procedure in the Assembly.
section 7 and 8: Power by regulations to prescribe the manner in which apprenticship certificates are to be issued by Welsh certifying authorities. Power subject to negative resolution procedure in the Assembly.
section 9: Power by regulations to authorise the Welsh certifying authority to charge a fee for issuing an apprenticeship certificate or copies of the certificate. Power subject to negative resolution procedure in the Assembly.
section 10: Power by order to designate the Welsh certifying authorities. The Welsh Ministers are the designated authority if no-one is designated. Power to give directions and guidance to the person designated under this section.
section 11: Power by regulations to require matters to be stated in apprenticeship certificates. Power subject to negative resolution procedure in the Assembly.
section 18: Power to designate a person to issue apprenticeship frameworks relating to a particular apprenticeship sector. Power to give directions and guidance to the person designated under this section.
section 19: Power to withdraw the recognition of a recognised Welsh framework if there is no Welsh issuing authority in relation to the framework.
section 22: Power by order to make transitional provision, to provide for an existing vocational specification to be treated as if it were an apprenticeship framework issued under section 19(1). Power subject to negative resolution procedure in the Assembly.
section 28: Power to issue the apprenticeship standards. Duty to consult such persons as the Welsh Ministers think appropriate in preparing the draft standards, save for the first draft specification.
section 29: Power by order to modify the apprenticeship standards for Wales. Power subject to negative resolution procedure in the Assembly.

Part 3: The Young People's Learning Agency for England (YPLA):

Chapter 2: Main Functions:

Part 4: The Chief Executive of Skills Funding:

Chapter 2: Other Functions:

Part 12: Miscellaneous

section 259(2) : Duty to lay within four years before the National Assembly for Wales a report about the effect of subsection (1) which allows further education institutions in Wales to to award foundation degrees.

Part 13: General

section 262(3): Power to make incidental, consequential, supplementary, transitional, transitory or saving provision.
section 263: General power to amend or revoke directions.
section 269: Power by order to bring into force sections 2 and 7 to 10; sections 11 and 12, so far as relating to Wales; sections 18 to 22; sections 28 to 31; section 39, so far as relating to Wales; sections 48 to 52, so far as relating to Wales; paragraphs 54 to 56 of Schedule 6, so far as relating to Wales; paragraphs 11, 13 and 27 of Schedule 12, so far as relating to Wales (and the associated entries in Schedule 16); paragraphs 14 to 19 and 29 of Schedule 12 (and the associated entries in Schedule 16); sections 174 and 192 so far as they relate to the paragraphs of Schedule 12 mentioned in paragraphs (h) and (i); section 205 and Schedule 14; section 259 (and the associated entry in Schedule 16); section 260; section 266, so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 16 mentioned in paragraphs (h), (i) and (l).

The following functions are exercisable solely by the Assembly in relation to Wales:

section 262(9): Power to annul a statutory instrument containing an order or regulation made by the Welsh Ministers under Chapter 1 of Part 1 (other than an order under section 10)(sections 1 to 39) and section 68 or 107.
section 262(10): Power to approve a draft statutory instrument which contains (whether alone or with other provision) regulations under section 2(5).

Tra bod Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi gwneud pob ymdrech resymol i sicrhau bod y wybodaeth ar y wefan hon o ansawdd uchel, nid ydym yn gwarantu, trwy fynegi neu awgrymu, bod y wybodaeth honno yn ateb y diben ac ni fydd Prifysgol Caerdydd yn gyfrifol am unrhyw ganlyniad sy’n codi o unrhyw ddiffyg cywirdeb neu hepgoriadau. Mae unigolion, sefydliadau a chwmnïau sy’n defnyddio’r Gwasanaeth hwn yn gwneud hynny ar y ddealltwriaeth na fydd Prifysgol Caerdydd yn atebol yn uniongyrchol nac yn anuniongyrchol am effeithiau unrhyw weithred, cynnyrch, proses neu ddull a weithredir, a gynhyrchir neu a fabwysiadir gan unrhyw barti, er y gall ffurfio gweithred, cynnyrch, proses neu ddull o’r fath fod yn seiliedig ar ddefnyddio’r Gwasanaeth hwn.