Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 3112
Employment And Training, England And Wales
The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England and Wales) Order 2012
Made
12th December 2012
Laid before Parliament
18th December 2012
Coming into force
9th January 2013
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 265(1) and (2) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) (England and Wales) Order 2012 and comes into force on 9th January 2013.
Amendment of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999
2. After regulation 13 of the National Minimum Wage Regulations 1999( 2 ), insert:—
“ Workers working under an apprenticeship agreement
13A. For the purposes of these Regulations, the expression “a worker who is employed under a contract of apprenticeship” includes a worker who is working under an apprenticeship agreement (within the meaning of section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009). ” .
Amendment of the Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
3. —(1) The Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002( 3 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 20, after “apprenticeship” insert “or an apprenticeship agreement (within the meaning of section 32 of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009)”.
Matthew Hancock
Minister for Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
12th December 2012
S.I. 1999/584 ; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2008/1894 , S.I. 2010/1901 , S.I. 2011/2345 , S.I. 2011/2347 and S.I. 2012/2397 .
S.I. 2002/2034 ; there are no relevant amending instruments.