{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-A2IA",
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  "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/A2IA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "A2IA",
  "heading": "Transfer of copyright relating to technical education qualifications",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a technical education qualification is approved under section A2D3.\n(2) The right or interest in any copyright in a relevant course document is, by virtue of this section, transferred from the person to the Secretary of State at the time the approval is given.\n(3) The Secretary of State may assign to another person, or grant a licence to another person in respect of, any right or interest transferred to the Institute by virtue of this section.\n(4) In this section “relevant course document” means a document in relation to which the Secretary of State has made a determination under section A2D3(4)(a).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 Ch. A1 inserted (26.3.2015 for specified purposes, 26.5.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(2)(e), Sch. 1 para. 1 (with Sch. 1 para. 28); S.I. 2015/994, art. 6(a) (with Sch. Pt. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. A2IA inserted (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), s. 47(2), Sch. 1 para. 23; S.I. 2019/61, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. A2IA(1) substituted (30.9.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 13(4)(a), 36(3); S.I. 2022/965, reg. 3(8) (with regs. 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. A2lA 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. 25 (with s. 13); S.I. 2025/598, reg. 3(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. A2IA(4) substituted (30.9.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 13(4)(b), 36(3); S.I. 2022/965, reg. 3(8) (with regs. 4, 5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/A2IA",
    "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."
}