(1)Where a name is conferred by an Act of Parliament on any body, office or place, the appropriate Minister may by order confer on the body, office or place an alternative name in Welsh.
(2)Where an Act of Parliament gives power, exercisable by statutory instrument, to confer a name on any body, office or place, the power shall include power to confer alternative names in English and Welsh.
[F1(3)Subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to a name conferred on any area or local authority by the M1Local Government Act 1972.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 25(3) substituted (3.4.1995) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(2)(6), Sch. 16 para. 106(2); S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 25 functions made exercisable concurrently or jointly with the Welsh Ministers by 2006 c. 32, Sch. 3A para. 1 (as inserted (1.4.2018) by Wales Act 2017 (c. 4), s. 71(4), Sch. 4 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 1, 6); S.I. 2017/1179, reg. 3(p))
Marginal Citations