# Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, Section A2D9: Moratorium on further approvals under section A2D5


(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.
(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”).
(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—
(a) must publish that decision, and
(b) during the moratorium, may not approve any further technical education qualification of that kind under section A2D5.
(4) A moratorium ends when the Secretary of State decides to end it.
(5) Where the Secretary of State decides to end a moratorium, the Secretary of State must publish that decision.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/A2D9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-A2D9
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