The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Amendment of Schedule 6) (No. 2) Order 2016

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2016 No. 397 (W. 124)

Welsh Language

The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Amendment of Schedule 6) (No. 2) Order 2016

Made

15 March 2016

Coming into force

21 March 2016

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35, 38 and 150(2)(f) of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011(1), make the following Order.

In accordance with section 150(2)(f) of the Measure, a draft of this Order was laid before and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.

Title, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Amendment of Schedule 6) (No. 2) Order 2016.

(2) This Order comes into force on 21 March 2016.

(3) This Order applies in relation to Wales.

(4) In this Order “the Measure” (“y Mesur”) means the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011.

Amendment of Schedule 6

2.  Schedule 6 (public bodies etc: standards) to the Measure is amended in accordance with the Schedule.

Carwyn Jones

First Minister of Wales

15 March 2016

Article 2

SCHEDULE AMENDMENTS TO SCHEDULE 6

1.  In the Welsh language text of the table in Schedule 6 (cyrff cyhoeddus etc: safonau) to the Measure, in the appropriate places insert—

“Coleg Merthyr Tudful Cyfyngedig (“Merthyr Tydfil College Limited”)	Safonau cyflenwi gwasanaethau Safonau llunio polisi Safonau gweithredu Safonau cadw cofnodion”
“Corff llywodraethu Coleg Catholig Dewi Sant (“The governing body of Saint David’s Catholic College”)	Safonau cyflenwi gwasanaethau Safonau llunio polisi Safonau gweithredu Safonau cadw cofnodion”
“Tribiwnlys Prisio Cymru (“Valuation Tribunal for Wales”)	Safonau cyflenwi gwasanaethau Safonau llunio polisi Safonau gweithredu Safonau cadw cofnodion”
“WJEC CBAC Cyfyngedig (“WJEC CBAC Limited”)	Safonau cyflenwi gwasanaethau Safonau llunio polisi Safonau gweithredu Safonau cadw cofnodion”
“Ymddiriedolwyr Cronfa Goffa’r Dreftadaeth Genedlaethol (“Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund”)	Safonau cyflenwi gwasanaethau Safonau llunio polisi Safonau gweithredu Safonau cadw cofnodion”

2.  In the English language text of the table in Schedule 6 (public bodies etc: standards) to the Measure, in the appropriate places insert—

“The governing body of Saint David’s Catholic College (“Corff llywodraethu Coleg Catholig Dewi Sant”)	Service delivery standards Policy making standards Operational standards Record keeping standards”
“Merthyr Tydfil College Limited (“Coleg Merthyr Tudful Cyfyngedig ”)	Service delivery standards Policy making standards Operational standards Record keeping standards”
“Trustees of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (“Ymddiriedolwyr Cronfa Goffa’r Dreftadaeth Genedlaethol”)	Service delivery standards Policy making standards Operational standards Record keeping standards”
“Valuation Tribunal for Wales (“Tribiwnlys Prisio Cymru”)	Service delivery standards Policy making standards Operational standards Record keeping standards”
“WJEC CBAC Limited (“WJEC CBAC Cyfyngedig”)	Service delivery standards Policy making standards Operational standards Record keeping standards”

3.  In the Welsh language text of the table in Schedule 6 to the Measure, omit the following entries—

(a) “Cronfa Goffa’r Dreftadaeth Genedlaethol (“National Heritage Memorial Fund”)”;

(b) “Gwasanaeth Tribiwnlys Prisio Cymru (“The Valuation Tribunal Service for Wales”)”.

4.  In the English language text of the table in Schedule 6 to the Measure, omit the following entries—

(a) “National Heritage Memorial Fund (“Cronfa Goffa’r Dreftadaeth Genedlaethol”)”;

(b) “The Valuation Tribunal Service for Wales (“Gwasanaeth Tribiwnlys Prisio Cymru”)”.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1) (“the Measure”) makes provision for the specification of standards of conduct in relation to the Welsh language (“standards”).

Section 25 of the Measure provides that a person must comply with a standard of conduct specified by the Welsh Ministers if, and for as long as, six conditions are met. Condition 1 is that the person is liable to be required to comply with standards. Condition 2 is that the standard is potentially applicable to the person. The other conditions are not relevant to this Order.

Section 33 of the Measure provides that a person is liable to be required to comply with standards if the person is (a) within Schedule 5 and also within Schedule 6, or (b) within Schedule 7 and also within Schedule 8. A person is within Schedule 5 if the person falls within a category of persons specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 5. A person is within Schedule 6 if the person (a) is specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6, or (b) is within a category of persons specified in that column. Schedules 7 and 8 are not relevant to this Order.

Section 36 provides that a standard is potentially applicable to a person if the standard belongs to a class of standard that is specified in column 2 of the person’s entry in the table in Schedule 6. Each of the following is a class of standard—

(i) service delivery standards;

(ii) policy making standards;

(iii) operational standards;

(iv) promotion standards;

(v) record keeping standards.

Section 35 enables the Welsh Ministers, by order, to amend the table in Schedule 6 so that it includes a reference to a person who falls within one or more of the Schedule 5 categories or a category of persons, all of whom fall within one or more of the Schedule 5 categories.

Section 38 enables the Welsh Ministers, by order, to amend the table in Schedule 6 so that column 2 of an entry includes a reference to one or more of the following—

(i) service delivery standards;

(ii) policy making standards;

(iii) operational standards;

(iv) record keeping standards.

This Order amends Schedule 6 to the Measure by—

(a) inserting new persons into Schedule 6 and specifying classes of standard in column 2 of each person’s entry;

(b) removing persons from Schedule 6 where appropriate.

The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.

(1)

2011 nawm 1.