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Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

Section 8 – Overview and interpretation

34.This section provides an overview of this Part which makes provision for what schools and local authorities are required to do in relation to their Welsh language education provision.

35.Section 8(2) defines terms that are necessary to understand before considering the remainder of Part 3, namely “Welsh language education”, “Welsh language nursery education” and “school”. The definition of the term “maintained school”, found in section 51 (where other terms are defined for the purposes of the Act), applies when considering the term “school”.

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