Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 560
Employment And Training, England
The Apprenticeships (the Apprenticeship Offer) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2013
Made
9th March 2013
Laid before Parliament
12th March 2013
Coming into force
6th April 2013
The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 83A(6)(b) and 262(1)(a) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Apprenticeships (the Apprenticeship Offer) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 6th April 2013.
Prescribed persons
2. For the purposes of section 83A(6)(b) of the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, a person is of a prescribed description if that person is—
(a) aged 19 or over but under 25; and
(b) has a disability within the meaning of section 6(1) of the Equality Act 2010( 2 ).
Matthew Hancock
Minister for Skills
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
9th March 2013
2009 c.22 ; section 83A was inserted by section 69(2) of the Education Act 2011 (c.21) . See section 264(1) for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”.