http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/1/section/38Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011A Measure of the National Assembly for Wales to make provision about the official status of the Welsh language in Wales; to provide for a Welsh Language Partnership Council; to establish the Office of Welsh Language Commissioner; to provide for an Advisory Panel to the Welsh Language Commissioner; to make provision about promoting and facilitating the use of the Welsh language and treating the Welsh language no less favourably than the English language; to make provision about standards relating to the Welsh language (including duties to comply with those standards, and rights arising from the enforceability of those duties); to make provision about investigation of interference with the freedom to use the Welsh language; to establish a Welsh Language Tribunal; to abolish the Welsh Language Board and Welsh language schemes; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-08-02Expert Participation2024-08-01 PART 4 STANDARDSCHAPTER 4STANDARDS POTENTIALLY APPLICABLEAmendment of standards potentially applicable381The Welsh Ministers may, by order, amend the Schedule 6 table and Schedule 8 table in accordance with this section.2The Welsh Ministers may amend the Schedule 6 table so that column (2) of an entry includes a reference to one or more of the following—aservice delivery standards;bpolicy making standards;coperational standards;drecord keeping standards.3The Welsh Ministers may amend the Schedule 6 table so that column (2) of any of the following entries in the table includes a reference to promotion standards—athe Welsh Ministers' entry;ba county borough council's entry;ca county council's entry;da National Park authority's entry;ean entry for any other person, but only if the person has given consent that promotion standards should be potentially applicable to that person.4For the purpose of subsection (3)—aconsent” means consent in writing given to the Welsh Ministers;ba person may withdraw consent, but only with the agreement of the Welsh Ministers;cif a person withdraws consent after that person's entry has been amended to include a reference to promotion standards, the Welsh Ministers must amend the Schedule 6 table by removing the reference to promotion standards in the entry for that person.5The Welsh Ministers may amend the Schedule 6 table by removing any reference in column (2).6The Welsh Ministers may amend the Schedule 8 table so that column (2) of an entry relating to a person or category of person includes a reference to provision of a service (the “specified service”), but only if—athe condition in subsection (7) is met, andbthe condition in subsection (8) or (9) is met.7The specified service must fall within a category of service specified in column (3) of the Schedule 7 table (an “available service”).8If the specified service is to relate to a person within Schedule 8, that person must fall within the category of persons in column (2) of the Schedule 7 table to which the available service relates.9If the specified service is to relate to a category of persons within Schedule 8, all persons within that category must fall within the category of persons in column (2) of the Schedule 7 table to which the available service relates.10The Welsh Ministers may amend the Schedule 8 table by removing any reference in column (2).11The Welsh Ministers may make such other amendments of the Schedule 6 table or Schedule 8 table, or of any other provision of this Measure, as they think appropriate in connection with, for the purposes of, or in consequence of, the powers under any of subsections (2) to (10).S. 38 in force at 1.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/969, art. 2(i)(i)
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