# The Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional and Transitory Provision) Order 2026, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This is the first Commencement Order made by the Welsh Ministers under the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 2) (“the Act”).
Article 2 brings the provisions of the Act specified in that article into force on 1 April 2026.
Article 3 brings section 28(1)(b) of the Act into force on 1 August 2027. This coincides with the date on which the provision establishing the National Institute for Learning Welsh comes into force under section 56(3) of the Act.
Article 4 brings Part 3 of the Act into force on 1 April 2026 for the purpose of the interpretation of “Primarily Welsh Language”, “Dual Language” and “Primarily English Language, partly Welsh” language categories in section 37(e) of the Act.
Article 5 makes a transitional and transitory provision relating to section 24 of the Act, which is brought into force by article 2. It provides that, until section 1 of the Act comes fully into force, references to “the Welsh language strategy” in section 24 are to be read as references to a draft Welsh language strategy containing the matters set out in section 1(1) of the Act and prepared by the Welsh Ministers for the purpose of consultation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/78/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-and-education-wales-act-2025-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-and-transitory-provision-order-2026/note
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