Title, commencement and application

1.-(1) The title of this Order is the Apprenticeships (Transitional Provision for Existing Vocational Specifications) (Wales) Order 2013 and it comes into force on 23 June 2013.

(2) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order-

"the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009;

"ITQ" ("CTG") means an Information Technology Qualification;

"NVQ" ("CGC") means a National Vocational Qualification;

"QCF" ("FfCCh") means the Qualfications and Credit Framework.

Transitional arrangements for existing vocational specifications

3.-(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 19(1) of the Act.

(2) The existing vocational specifications in the Schedule-

(a)are to be treated as being issued under section 19(1) of the Act on 23 June 2013; and

(b)are to be treated as being withdrawn under section 19(2) of the Act on 28 June 2013.

(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.

SCHEDULE

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the existing vocational specifications which are to be treated as if they were apprenticeship frameworks issued under section 19(1) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 ("the Act"). The existing vocational specifications are to be treated as being issued on 23 June 2013, and are to be treated as being withdrawn on 28 June 2013. The Schedule to the Order specifies, for each of the existing vocational specifications, the qualification that is to be treated as the competencies qualification, and the level and apprenticeship sector that is to be treated as being stated in the deemed framework.

The Order forms part of the implementation of the statutory apprenticeships programme in Part 1 of Chapter 1 of the Act.