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The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England and Wales) Order 2012

S.I. 2012/3112 · Made 12 December 2012 · Extends to England and Wales

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Employment And Training, England And Wales

Made 12th December 2012

Laid before Parliament 18th December 2012

Coming into force 9th January 2013

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 265(1) and (2) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2009 c. 22.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 Repealed
  3. 3Amendment of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England and Wales) Order 2012 and comes into force on 9th January 2013.

2Amendment of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999F1

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3Amendment of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002I1

(1)

The Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002f1 are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 20, after “apprenticeship” insert “or an apprenticeship agreement (within the meaning of section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009)”.

Signature

Matthew Hancock

Minister for Skills

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

12th December 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999 so that persons working under apprenticeship agreements, within the meaning of section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, are entitled to the same national minimum wage rate as those employed under contracts of apprenticeship.

This Order also amends the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002, with the effect that those Regulations do not apply to apprenticeship agreements within the meaning of section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as it contains only consequential amendments. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside the Order on www.legislation.gov.uk.