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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/apprenticeships-skills-children-and-learning-act-2009/section-A5",
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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/A5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "A5",
  "heading": "English apprenticeship agreements: status",
  "text": "(1) To the extent that it would otherwise be treated as being a contract of apprenticeship, an approved English apprenticeship agreement is to be treated as not being a contract of apprenticeship.\n(2) To the extent that it would not otherwise be treated as being a contract of service, an approved English apprenticeship agreement is to be treated as being a contract of service.\n(3) This section applies for the purposes of any enactment or rule of law.",
  "extent": null,
  "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)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/22/section/A5",
    "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."
}