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[F1Part IIU.K. WELSH LANGUAGE SCHEME

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The CrownU.K.

21 Persons acting on behalf of the Crown.U.K.

(1)References in this Part of this Act to public bodies do not include references to any person acting as the servant or agent of the Crown; but the following provisions of this section shall apply where such a person has adopted or proposes to adopt a Welsh language scheme.

(2)A person who has adopted a Welsh language scheme before the commencement of this Act shall send a copy of it to the Board.

(3)A person preparing a Welsh language scheme after the commencement of this Act shall have regard to any guidelines issued by the Board under section 9 above, and shall before adopting it send the proposed scheme to the Board.

(4)Where the Board suggests amendments to a scheme or proposed scheme sent by any person to the Board in accordance with subsection (2) or (3) above, that person shall, if he does not give effect to the amendments, send to the Board a written statement of the reasons for not doing so.

(5)Sections 17 to 19 above shall apply in relation to persons to whom this section applies and to Welsh language schemes adopted by them as they apply to public bodies and schemes approved by the Board.

(6)In this section “Welsh language scheme” means a scheme specifying measures which the person preparing the scheme proposes to take as to the use of the Welsh language in connection with the provision of services to the public in Wales by that person, or by others who are acting as servants or agents of the Crown or are public bodies.]