# Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, Section 62: Power to carry out standards investigations


(1) The Commissioner may carry out standards investigations.
(2) But the Commissioner may not carry out a standards investigation unless he or she has given an exploration notice to each relevant person, at least 14 days before beginning the investigation.
(3) An exploration notice is a notice in writing which—
(a) states that the Commissioner is proposing to carry out a standards investigation, and
(b) specifies the subject matter of the standards investigation.
(4) In this section “relevant person” means—
(a) in the case of a standards investigation relating to a particular person, that person;
(b) in the case of a standards investigation relating to a group of persons, such persons—
(i) who appear to the Commissioner to be members of the group, and
(ii) to whom the Commissioner thinks it appropriate to give exploration notices.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/1/section/62 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011/section-62
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