{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Giving compliance notices to any person",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner may give a person (P) a compliance notice only if P is liable to be required to comply with standards (see Chapter 3).\n(2) A compliance notice given to P may set out, or refer to, a particular standard specified by the Welsh Ministers under section 26(1) only if the standard—\n(a) is potentially applicable to P (see Chapter 4), and\n(b) is specifically applicable to P (see Chapter 5).\n(3) If the Commissioner gives P a compliance notice, the Commissioner must also—\n(a) give P a copy of any relevant code of practice issued under section 68, and\n(b) inform P of the right of challenge under Chapter 7.\n(4) For provision about giving compliance notices to contractors, see section 48.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 45 in force at 7.7.2015 by S.I. 2015/1413, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/1/section/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:41.555934+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}