http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/1/section/7Welsh 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 2 THE WELSH LANGUAGE COMMISSIONER<Emphasis>Functions</Emphasis>Inquiries71The Commissioner may conduct an inquiry into any matter relating to any of the Commissioner's functions.2But that is subject to subsections (3) to (5).3Subsection (1) does not authorise the Commissioner to conduct an inquiry in a case where he or she—amay or must carry out a standards investigation under Chapter 8 of Part 4, orbundertakes (and does not discontinue) an investigation under Part 5.4Subsection (1) does not authorise the Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into the failure, by one or more particular persons, to comply with one or more relevant requirements.5Subsection (1) does not authorise the Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into the interference, by one or more particular persons, with the freedom to communicate in Welsh (but see Part 6 for power to investigate certain interference with that freedom).6Subsection (4) or (5) does not prevent the Commissioner from taking the conduct of one or more particular persons into account when conducting an inquiry into—afailure to comply with relevant requirements, orbinterference with the freedom to communicate in Welsh.7The Commissioner may—adiscontinue, orbsuspend,the conduct of an inquiry or any aspect of an inquiry.8If, in the course of an inquiry, the Commissioner begins to suspect that a person may have failed to comply with one or more relevant requirements—ain continuing the inquiry the Commissioner must, so far as possible, avoid further consideration of whether or not the person has failed to comply with the requirements,bthe Commissioner may commence an investigation into that question under Part 5, andcthe Commissioner may use information or evidence acquired in the course of the inquiry for the purpose of the investigation.9Schedule 2 makes supplemental provision about inquiries.10In this section, a reference to failure to comply with one or more relevant requirements has the same meaning as in Part 5.S. 7(1)(3)(a)(5)(7)(9) in force at 1.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/969, art. 2(d)S. 7(2)(6) in force at 1.4.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2012/969, art. 2(d)S. 7(2)(6) in force at 7.7.2015 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2015/1413, art. 3(a)S. 7(3)(b)(4)(8)(10) in force at 7.7.2015 by S.I. 2015/1413, art. 3(a)
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