The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c 12) is an Act

Act of Parliament

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 of the Parliament

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 of the United Kingdom

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. It alters the law relating to education.

The precursors of this Act were the white paper

White paper

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 "Raising Expectations: Enabling the system to deliver" published in March 2008 and a "Draft Apprenticeships Bill" published in July of that year.

Commencement

See section 269 of the Act and the following Orders made thereunder:

• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1 and Saving Provision) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3317 (C. 148))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/303 (C. 25))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2 (Amendment) and Transitional Provision) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1891 (C. 99))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2010 (Amendment) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/882 (C. 35))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) and (Commencement No. 2 (Amendment)) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1151 (C. 75))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3 (Amendment)) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/1702 (C. 88))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2374 (C. 115))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/200 (C. 10))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 1) (Wales) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3341 (W. 292) (C. 152))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) (Wales) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/2413 (W. 207) (C. 118))
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (Commencement No. 3) (Wales) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/829 (W. 124) (C. 33))

External links

• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, as amended from the National Archives.
• The Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009, as originally enacted from the National Archives.
• Explanatory notes to the Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009.