Paragraph 25 I1

Section 18 (Welsh issuing authority) is amended as follows.

For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)

The power to designate conferred by this section may not be exercised in such a way that there is at any time more than one person designated to issue apprenticeship frameworks relating to a particular apprenticeship sector.”

For subsection (5) substitute—

“(5)

In this Chapter, the “Welsh issuing authority”, in relation to an apprenticeship framework, means—

(a)

the person (if any) designated under this section to issue frameworks of that description;

(b)

if there is no-one so designated, the Welsh Ministers.”