{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-A3A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-A3A.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/A3A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "A3A",
  "heading": "Power to issue technical education certificate",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may issue a certificate (a “technical education certificate”) to a person if it appears to the Secretary of State that the person has—\n(a) obtained a technical education qualification approved under section A2D3, and\n(b) taken any other steps determined under section A2D4 in relation to the occupations in respect of which the qualification is approved.\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—\n(a) requiring an application to be made in a prescribed manner before a certificate is issued;\n(b) about the supply by the Secretary of State of copies of technical education certificates to persons to whom they were issued;\n(c) authorising the Secretary of State (subject to any restrictions prescribed by the regulations) to charge a fee for issuing a technical education certificate or supplying a copy.",
  "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. A3A inserted (31.1.2019) by Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (c. 19), s. 47(2), Sch. 1 para. 24; S.I. 2019/61, reg. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. A3A(1)(a) substituted (30.9.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 7(6)(a), 36(3); S.I. 2022/965, reg. 3(2) (with regs. 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. A3A(1)(a) inserted (30.9.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 7(6)(b), 36(3); S.I. 2022/965, reg. 3(2) (with regs. 4, 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. A3A(1)(b) substituted (30.9.2022) by Skills and Post-16 Education Act 2022 (c. 21), ss. 13(5), 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/A3A",
    "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."
}