Article 2 Transitional arrangements for existing vocational specifications

(1)

The existing vocational specifications specified in the first column of the Schedule are to be treated as if they were apprenticeship frameworks issued under section 14(1) of the Act.

(2)

The existing vocational specifications in the Schedule—

(a)

are to be treated as being issued under section 14(1) of the Act on 13th April 2011; and

(b)

are to be treated as being withdrawn under section 14(2) of the Act on 31st December 2011.

(3)

For each of the existing vocational specifications in the first column of the Schedule, the Schedule specifies—

(a)

in the second column, the qualification that the deemed framework is to be treated as identifying as the competencies qualification;

(b)

in the third column, the level that is to be treated as being stated in the deemed framework; and

(c)

in the fourth column, the apprenticeship sector that is to be treated as being stated in the deemed framework.