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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011-commencement-no6-order-2012/article-2",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2012/1423",
  "legislation_title": "The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No.6) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011-commencement-no6-order-2012",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 come into force on 1 June 2012—\n(a) sections 4 and 11;\n(b) section 144(1) in so far as it relates to those functions conferred upon the Commissioner by section 3 of the Welsh Language Act 1993; and\n(c) section 144(3)(a) for the purpose of repealing subsections (2)(a), (3) and (4) of section 3 of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 38. The Welsh Language Board’s functions under section 3 of the Welsh Language Act 1993 were transferred to the Welsh Language Commissioner on 1 April 2012 as a result of the commencement of section 143(2) of the Welsh Language Measure. In addition to that transfer to the Commissioner, functions of the Board under section 3 of the 1993 Act were transferred to the Welsh Ministers on 1 April 2012 by article 3 of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Transfer of Functions, Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/990 (W. 130)). The transfer of functions order was made by the Welsh Ministers in reliance upon the powers conferred upon them by section 154 of the Measure."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/1423/article/2",
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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."
}