Section 63E — Employment Rights Act 1996: Section 63D application: supplementary

Section 63D application: supplementary 63E 1 A section 63D application may—

a be made in relation to study or training of any description (subject to section 63D(3) and (4) and regulations under section 63D(2));

b relate to more than one description of study or training.

2 The study or training may (in particular) be study or training that (if undertaken)—

a would be undertaken on the employer's premises or elsewhere (including at the employee's home);

b would be undertaken by the employee while performing the duties of the employee's employment or separately;

c would be provided or supervised by the employer or by someone else;

d would be undertaken without supervision;

e would be undertaken within or outside the United Kingdom.

3 The study or training need not be intended to lead to the award of a qualification to the employee.

4 A section 63D application must—

a give the following details of the proposed study or training—

i its subject matter;

ii where and when it would take place; iii who would provide or supervise it;

iv what qualification (if any) it would lead to;

b explain how the employee thinks the proposed study or training would improve—

i the employee's effectiveness in the employer's business, and ii the performance of the employer's business;

c contain information of any other description specified by the Secretary of State in regulations.

5 The Secretary of State may make regulations about—

a the form of a section 63D application;

b when a section 63D application is to be taken to be received for the purposes of this Part.