The Apprenticeships (the Apprenticeship Offer) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2013
S.I. 2013/560 · Made 9 March 2013
Employment And Training, England
Made 9th March 2013
Laid before Parliament 12th March 2013
Coming into force 6th April 2013
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 83A(6)(b) and 262(1)(a) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009f1.
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
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2009 c.22; section 83A was inserted by section 69(2) of the Education Act 2011 (c.21). See section 264(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
Contents
1Citation and commencement
These Regulations may be cited as the Apprenticeships (the Apprenticeship Offer) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 6th April 2013.
2Prescribed persons
For the purposes of section 83A(6)(b) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, a person is of a prescribed description if that person is—
aged 19 or over but under 25; and
has a disability within the meaning of section 6(1) of the Equality Act 2010f1.
Signature
Matthew Hancock
Minister for Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
9th March 2013
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Under section 83A of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c.22), the Chief Executive of Skills Funding is under a duty to prioritise funding for apprenticeship training for specified groups of young people who have an apprenticeship opportunity (“the apprenticeship offer”). These Regulations prescribe a further category of persons for the purposes of the apprenticeship offer, namely persons who have a disability within the meaning of section 6(1) of the Equality Act 2010, that is a physical or mental impairment where such impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
An impact statement has not been prepared for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen. The Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside these Regulations on www.legislation.gov.uk.