# Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025, Section 31: Period of local Welsh in education strategic plans

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) Each local Welsh in education strategic plan has effect for a period of 5 years, where—
(a) the first period of 5 years starts on a date specified by the Welsh Ministers by regulations, and
(b) each subsequent period of 5 years starts on the day after the previous period of 5 years comes to an end.
(2) But each local Welsh in education strategic plan must set out the steps a local authority intends to take in accordance with section 30(3) over a period of 10 years.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asc/2025/2/section/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-and-education-wales-act-2025/section-31
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