{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "mwa/2011/1",
  "legislation_title": "Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welsh-language-wales-measure-2011",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Legal assistance",
  "text": "(1) The Commissioner may provide an individual with assistance if the person is, or may become, a party to actual or possible legal proceedings in England and Wales that are relevant to a matter in respect of which the Commissioner has a function.\n(2) This section does not affect any restriction imposed in respect of representation—\n(a) by virtue of an enactment, or\n(b) in accordance with the practice of a court or tribunal.\n(3) It is for the Commissioner to determine, for the purposes of this section, whether there are possible legal proceedings that are relevant to a matter in respect of which the Commissioner has a function.\n(4) In this section—\n“assistance” (“cymorth”) includes, but is not limited to, the following things—\n(a)legal advice;\n(b)legal representation;\n(c)facilities for the settlement of a dispute;\n“legal proceedings” (“achos cyfreithiol”) includes, but is not limited to, proceedings before any court or tribunal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 9 in force at 1.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/969, art. 2(f)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/1/section/9",
    "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."
}