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Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009

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83A The apprenticeship offer

(1) The Secretary of State must secure the provision of proper facilities for apprenticeship training that is suitable to the requirements of persons who— (a) are within subsection (4), (5) or (6), and (b) have an apprenticeship opportunity. This is subject to section 83B (limit on scope of apprenticeship offer). (2) The duty imposed by subsection (1) is referred to in this section and section 83B as “the apprenticeship offer”. (3) An apprenticeship opportunity is an opportunity to enter into an approved English apprenticeship. (4) A person within this subsection is one who is over compulsory school age but under 19. (5) A person within this subsection is one who is not within subsection (4) and— (a) is a person aged under 25 towards whom a local authority in England has the duties provided for in section 23C or 23CZB of the Children Act 1989 (continuing functions in relation to certain formerly looked after children), or (b) is a person to whom section 23CA of that Act applies (further assistance for certain formerly looked after children aged under 25), in relation to whom a local authority in England is the responsible local authority (within the meaning of that section). (6) A person within this subsection is one who— (a) is not within subsection (4), and (b) is of a prescribed description. (7) If regulations under subsection (6)(b) describe a person by reference to an age or an age range, the age, or the upper age of the age range, must be less than 25. (8) Facilities are proper if they are— (a) of a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonable needs of individuals, and (b) of a quality adequate to meet those needs. (9) Section 83(2) and (3) (when apprenticeship training is suitable, and matters to which Secretary of State must have regard) apply for the purposes of the apprenticeship offer. (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) The Secretary of State may by order amend this section for the purpose of changing the descriptions of persons to whom the apprenticeship offer applies.

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83A The apprenticeship offer

(1) The Secretary of State must secure the provision of proper facilities for apprenticeship training that is suitable to the requirements of persons who— (a) are within subsection (4), (5) or (6), and (b) have an apprenticeship opportunity. This is subject to section 83B (limit on scope of apprenticeship offer). (2) The duty imposed by subsection (1) is referred to in this section and section 83B as “the apprenticeship offer”. (3) An apprenticeship opportunity is an opportunity to enter into an approved English apprenticeship. (4) A person within this subsection is one who is over compulsory school age but under 19. (5) A person within this subsection is one who is not within subsection (4) and— (a) is a person aged under 25 towards whom a local authority in England has the duties provided for in section 23C or 23CZB of the Children Act 1989 (continuing functions in relation to certain formerly looked after children), or (b) is a person to whom section 23CA of that Act applies (further assistance for certain formerly looked after children aged under 25), in relation to whom a local authority in England is the responsible local authority (within the meaning of that section). (6) A person within this subsection is one who— (a) is not within subsection (4), and (b) is of a prescribed description. (7) If regulations under subsection (6)(b) describe a person by reference to an age or an age range, the age, or the upper age of the age range, must be less than 25. (8) Facilities are proper if they are— (a) of a quantity sufficient to meet the reasonable needs of individuals, and (b) of a quality adequate to meet those needs. (9) Section 83(2) and (3) (when apprenticeship training is suitable, and matters to which Secretary of State must have regard) apply for the purposes of the apprenticeship offer. (10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) The Secretary of State may by order amend this section for the purpose of changing the descriptions of persons to whom the apprenticeship offer applies.

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