{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-schemes-public-bodies-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1898",
  "legislation_title": "The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-schemes-public-bodies-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "WELSH LANGUAGE\nMade 22nd July 1996\nLaid before Parliament 25th July 1996\nComing into force 15th August 1996\nWhereas it appears to the Secretary of State for Wales that the persons referred to in the Schedule to this Order are persons exercising functions of a public nature;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 6(1)(o) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1898/introduction",
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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."
}