Government of Wales Act 1998

47 Equal treatment of English and Welsh languages.U.K.

(1)The Assembly shall in the conduct of its business give effect, so far as is both appropriate in the circumstances and reasonably practicable, to the principle that the English and Welsh languages should be treated on a basis of equality.

(2)In determining how to comply with subsection (1), the Assembly shall have regard to the spirit of any guidelines under section 9 of the M1Welsh Language Act 1993.

(3)The standing orders shall be made in both English and Welsh.

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