# The Apprenticeships (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2017, Regulation 5: Duration of practical period


(1) Except where paragraph (2) applies, the practical period must not be less than 8 months.
(2) This paragraph applies where all of the following conditions are met—
(a) the apprentice was working for an employer and receiving training, under an approved English apprenticeship agreement (“the old agreement”);
(b) the old agreement was terminated before the final day or the revised final day because the apprentice was dismissed by reason of redundancy;
(c) the old agreement was terminated less than 8 months before the final day or the revised final day;
(d) the apprentice starts work, or starts receiving training, under another approved English apprenticeship agreement (“the new agreement”);
(e) the new agreement is for the apprentice to perform work and receive training so as to achieve the same published standard as the published standard to which the old agreement related.
(3) Where paragraph (2) applies, the new agreement may specify that the final day for that agreement is to be the final day or the revised final day of the old agreement.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1310/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-miscellaneous-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-5
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