{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-skills-specified-qualifications-regulations-2009/regulation-9",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/1602",
  "legislation_title": "The Adult Skills (Specified Qualifications) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adult-skills-specified-qualifications-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Persons to be treated as not having a specified qualification",
  "text": "(1) A person is to be treated for the purposes of sections 4A(1) or 4B(1) of the Act insofar as they are connected with the provision of a course of study for a qualification specified for the purposes of regulation 3, as not having that qualification or a qualification (including one awarded by a person outside England) which appears to the Council to be at a comparable or higher level if that person—\n(a) is assessed in accordance with regulation 10 as having literacy skills below the level of attainment described in paragraph 4 of the Schedule; and\n(b) has been awarded on a previous occasion either—\n(i) a qualification specified for the purposes of regulation 3; or\n(ii) a qualification (including one awarded by a person outside England) which appears to the Council to be at a comparable level to or higher level than a qualification specified for the purposes of regulation 3.\n(2) A person is to be treated for the purposes of sections 4A(1) or 4B(1) of the Act insofar as they are connected with the provision of a course of study for a qualification specified for the purposes of regulation 4, as not having that qualification or a qualification (including one awarded by a person outside England) which appears to the Council to be at a comparable or higher level if that person—\n(a) is assessed in accordance with regulation 10 as having numeracy skills below the level of attainment described in paragraph 4 of the Schedule; and\n(b) has been awarded on a previous occasion either—\n(i) a qualification specified for the purposes of regulation 4; or\n(ii) a qualification (including one awarded by a person outside England) which appears to the Council to be at a comparable level to or higher level than a qualification specified for the purposes of regulation 4.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1602/regulation/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:10:05.427503+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}