The Welsh Language Standards (No. 8) Regulations 2022

Title, commencement, application and interpretation

1.—(1) The title of these Regulations is the Welsh Language Standards (No. 8) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations come into force on 31 October 2022.

(3) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(4) In these Regulations—

a “body” (“corff”) means a person listed in Schedule 6;

an “individual” (“unigolyn”) means a natural person ordinarily resident in Wales acting in their personal capacity but does not include a registrant acting in their capacity as a registrant;

a “member of staff” (“aelod o staff”) means an employee of a body or a natural person working for a body but not a board or council member of that body (and “staff” (“staff”) must be construed accordingly);

“registered” (“wedi ei gofrestru”) means registered in a register that the body maintains by virtue of any enactment;

a “registrant” (“un sydd wedi cofrestru”) means a person ordinarily resident in Wales registered with a body or applying to be registered with a body.

(5) In these Regulations—

(a) references to any activity being carried out by a body, or to any service being provided by a body, are to be read as including a reference to that activity being carried out on the body’s behalf or to that service being provided on the body’s behalf by a third party under arrangements made between the third party and the body;

(b) accordingly, unless a compliance notice provides to the contrary, a body will have failed to comply with a standard in respect of an activity or service it has arranged to be carried out or provided by a third party if that activity or service has not been carried out or provided in accordance with the standard.

(6) Nothing in these Regulations requires a body to comply with a standard in respect of an activity carried out by it or a service provided by it where it is carrying out that activity or providing that service on behalf of a third party under arrangements made between it and the third party.

Standards specified

2.—(1) In Schedule 1—

(a) Part 1 specifies service delivery standards;

(b) Part 2 provides that a compliance notice must require a body to comply with certain standards specified in Part 1 if it has required the body to comply with certain other standards;

(c) Part 3 defines a number of words and expressions.

(2) In Schedule 2—

(a) Part 1 specifies policy making standards;

(b) Part 2 defines a number of words and expressions.

(3) In Schedule 3—

(a) Part 1 specifies operational standards;

(b) Part 2 provides that a compliance notice must require a body to comply with certain standards specified in Part 1 if it has required the body to comply with certain other standards;

(c) Part 3 defines a number of words and expressions.

(4) In Schedule 4—

(a) Part 1 specifies record keeping standards;

(b) Part 2 defines a number of words and expressions.

(5) In Schedule 5—

(a) Part 1 specifies standards that deal with matters which are supplementary to the matters dealt with in the standards specified in Schedules 1 to 4;

(b) Part 2 makes provision about interpreting the supplementary standards.

Standards that are specifically applicable

3.—(1) The Welsh Ministers authorise the Welsh Language Commissioner to give a compliance notice to the persons listed in Schedule 6 requiring them to comply with any of the standards specified under regulation 2 and Schedules 1 to 5.

(2) But the Commissioner is not authorised to give a compliance notice to the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care requiring them to comply with standard 20 and standards 23 to 32.

Jeremy Miles

Minister for Education and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers

13 July 2022