Section 5 Preparation of apprenticeship assessment plansI1I2

Section A2 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (apprenticeship assessment plans) is amended as follows.

For subsection (6) substitute—

“(6)

Each apprenticeship assessment plan must be prepared by a group of persons and approved by the Secretary of State, subject to subsection (6A).

(6A)

The Secretary of State may prepare an apprenticeship assessment plan if satisfied that it would be more appropriate for the plan to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons.”

In subsection (7), for the words from “The group” to “been” substitute “Where an apprenticeship assessment plan is prepared by a group of persons, the group must be”.

For subsection (9) substitute—

“(9)

The Secretary of State may convene a group of persons to prepare an apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of a standard if satisfied that—

(a)

there is a need for an apprenticeship assessment plan in respect of that standard, and

(b)

no group will prepare the plan unless one is convened to do so.”

In subsection (10), after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)

information about matters that the Secretary of State takes into account in deciding whether it would be more appropriate for an apprenticeship assessment plan to be prepared by the Secretary of State than by a group of persons for the purposes of subsection (6A);”.