Part 2Welsh ... Government

“Inclusive” approach to exercise of functions

78The Welsh language

(1)

The Welsh Ministers must adopt a strategy (“the Welsh language strategy”) setting out how they propose to promote and facilitate the use of the Welsh language.

F1(2)

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F1(3)

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(4)

The Welsh Ministers—

(a)

must keep under review F2... the Welsh language strategy F2..., and

(b)

may from time to time adopt a new strategy or F3revise it.

(5)

Before adopting or revising a strategy F4..., the Welsh Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate.

(6)

The Welsh Ministers must publish the Welsh language strategy F5... when they first adopt it and—

(a)

if they adopt a new strategy F6... they must publish it, and

(b)

if they revise the Welsh language strategy F7... (rather than adopting a new strategy F6...) they must publish either the revisions or the strategy F6or scheme as revised (as they consider appropriate).

(7)

If the Welsh Ministers publish a strategy F8..., or revisions, under subsection (6) they must lay a copy of the strategy or scheme, or revisions, before the F9Senedd.

F10(8)

After each financial year the Welsh Ministers must publish a report of how the proposals set out in the Welsh language strategy were implemented in that financial year and how effective their implementation has been in promoting and facilitating the use of the Welsh language and must lay a copy of the report before the F9Senedd.

F11(9)

For each financial year, the Welsh Ministers must publish a plan setting out how they will implement the proposals set out in the Welsh language strategy during that year.

(10)

The plan must be published as soon as reasonably practicable before the commencement of the financial year to which it relates.