The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Commencement No.6) Order 2012

Commencement

2.  The following provisions of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 come into force on 1 June 2012—

(a) sections 4 and 11;

(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(1); and

(c) section 144(3)(a) for the purpose of repealing subsections (2)(a), (3) and (4) of section 3 of that Act.

(1)

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.