Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011

62 Power to carry out standards investigations

(1) The Commissioner may carry out standards investigations.

(2) But the Commissioner may not carry out a standards investigation unless he or she has given an exploration notice to each relevant person, at least 14 days before beginning the investigation.

(3) An exploration notice is a notice in writing which—

(a) states that the Commissioner is proposing to carry out a standards investigation, and

(b) specifies the subject matter of the standards investigation.

(4) In this section “relevant person” means—

(a) in the case of a standards investigation relating to a particular person, that person;

(b) in the case of a standards investigation relating to a group of persons, such persons—

(i) who appear to the Commissioner to be members of the group, and

(ii) to whom the Commissioner thinks it appropriate to give exploration notices.