{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-A2D9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-A2D9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/22",
  "legislation_title": "Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009",
  "path": "section/A2D9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "A2D9",
  "heading": "Moratorium on further approvals under section A2D5",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State determines that there is an appropriate number of approved technical education qualifications of a particular kind.\n(2) The Secretary of State may decide not to approve further technical education qualifications of that kind under section A2D5 for a period (a “moratorium”).\n(3) Where the Secretary of State decides that there should be a moratorium in relation to technical education qualifications of a particular kind, the Secretary of State—\n(a) must publish that decision, and\n(b) during the moratorium, may not approve any further technical education qualification of that kind under section A2D5.\n(4) A moratorium ends when the Secretary of State decides to end it.\n(5) Where the Secretary of State decides to end a moratorium, the Secretary of State must publish that decision.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. A2D5-A2D9 inserted (30.9.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 7(4), 36(3); S.I. 2022/965, reg. 3(2) (with regs. 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. A2D9 substituted (1.6.2025) by Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 (c. 14), s. 12(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(2) (with s. 13); S.I. 2025/598, reg. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. A2D9(2) substituted (1.6.2025) by Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 (c. 14), s. 12(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(3) (with s. 13); S.I. 2025/598, reg. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. A2D9(3) substituted (1.6.2025) by Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 (c. 14), s. 12(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(4) (with s. 13); S.I. 2025/598, reg. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. A2D9(5) substituted (1.6.2025) by Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 (c. 14), s. 12(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(4) (with s. 13); S.I. 2025/598, reg. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. A2D9(6) omitted (1.6.2025) by virtue of Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 2025 (c. 14), s. 12(1)(b), Sch. 1 para. 16(5) (with s. 13); S.I. 2025/598, reg. 3(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/A2D9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:50.261352+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."
}