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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-and-education-wales-act-2025-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-transitory-provision-order-2026/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2026/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Transitory Provision) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-and-education-wales-act-2025-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-transitory-provision-order-2026",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1 April 2026",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 1 April 2026—\n(a) section 3(1) to (3) (calculating the number of Welsh speakers);\n(b) section 4 (reviewing the Welsh language standards);\n(c) section 6 (Code to describe Welsh language ability);\n(d) section 7 (publishing and reviewing the Code);\n(e) section 24 (National Framework for Welsh Language Education and Learning Welsh);\n(f) section 25 (National Framework: further provision on the education workforce);\n(g) section 26(2)(b) (implementing the National Framework);\n(h) section 27 (National Framework: further provision about content, review and amendment);\n(i) section 28(1)(a) and (c) to (g), (2) and (3) (consultation and publication of the National Framework);\n(j) section 37 (interpretation).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/78/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:10.894564+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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