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The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 2012

W.S.I. 2012/3095 · Made 13 December 2012

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WELSH LANGUAGE

Made 13 December 2012

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales 14 December 2012

Coming into force 4 January 2013

Whereas it appears to the Welsh Ministers that the person referred to in this Order is a person exercising functions of a public nature;

Now, therefore, the Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 6(1)(o) of the Welsh Language Act 1993f1 and now vested in themf2 hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1993 (c. 38).

f2

The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred, so far as exercisable in relation to Wales, to the National Assembly for Wales by the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672), see the reference to the Welsh Language Act 1993 in Schedule 1. By virtue of section 162 of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) those functions transferred to the Welsh Ministers.

Contents

  1. 1Title and commencement
  2. 2Specification of Public Body
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Title and commencement

The title of this Order is the Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 2012 and it comes into force on 4 January 2013.

2Specification of Public Body

The Natural Resources Body for Walesf1 is specified for the purposes of Part II of the Welsh Language Act 1993.

Signature

Leighton Andrews

Minister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers

13 December 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

Under Part II of the Welsh Language Act 1993 (“the Act”) the Welsh Language Board may give notice in writing to any public body to produce a Welsh Language Scheme. The Welsh Language Board has now been abolished and the function of giving notice under Part II of the Act has been transferred to the Welsh Language Commissioner by virtue of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011. Section 6 of the Act lists various public bodies for the purposes of Part II of the Act and provides that the Secretary of State (now the Welsh Ministers) may specify further public bodies for those purposes.

This Order specifies the Natural Resources Body for Wales for the purposes of Part II of the Act.

Six previous Orders have been made under section 6 of the Act:

The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1898);

The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1100);

The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/2550(W.215));

The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1441(W.145));

The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/71(W.7)); and

The Welsh Language Schemes (Public Bodies) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1890(W.179)).

The Welsh Ministers' Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ.