PART 2THE WELSH LANGUAGE COMMISSIONER

Functions

8Judicial review and other legal proceedings

(1)

The Commissioner may institute or intervene in legal proceedings in England and Wales if it appears to the Commissioner that the proceedings are relevant to a matter in respect of which the Commissioner has a function.

(2)

Subsection (1)—

(a)

does not create a cause of action, and

(b)

is subject to any limitation or restriction imposed by virtue of an enactment or in accordance with the practice of a court.

(3)

In this section “legal proceedings” includes, but is not limited to, proceedings before any court or tribunal.