
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Right to Time Off for Study or Training (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2001 and will come into force on 1st October 2001.
2 
The Right to Time Off for Study or Training (Scotland) Regulations 1999 are amended in accordance with the following regulations.
3 
In regulation 2 (interpretation) there is inserted in the appropriate places in alphabetical order the following definitions:–“
 “ASVCE” means Advanced Subsidiary Vocational Certificate of Education;”;“
 “AVCE” means Advanced Vocational Certificate of Education;”;“
 “Key Skills Qualification” means a qualification made up of qualifications in the Key Skills of Communication, Application of Number and Information Technology;”.
4 
For regulation 3(2)(g) there is substituted–“
(g) where an employee has been awarded a Key Skills Qualification where level 2 in each of the qualifications which make up the Key Skills Qualification has been achieved the employee shall be treated as having achieved one GCSE Grade A* to C”.
5 
In regulation 3(4)(standard of achievement) after sub-paragraph (g) there is inserted–“
(h) grades A to E in one ASVCE; and
(i) grades A to E in one AVCE.”.
6 
In the Schedule (Awarding Bodies) section B (SVQ Awarding Bodies) the following awarding body is omitted:–“
 Leather Producing Industry Vocational Qualifications Board”.
7 
In the Schedule (Awarding Bodies) section F (Key Skills Awarding Bodies) after “Pitman Qualifications” there is inserted the following awarding body:–“
 Qualifications for Industry Ltd;”.
ALASDAIR MORRISON
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
5th September 2001