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Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

Section 56 - Coming into force

180.Section 56(1) provides that Part 6 (except section 49), section 1(1)(a) and section 1(4) (for the purposes of section 1(1)(a)) come into force on the day after the day the Act receives Royal Assent. Section 56(2) provides that sections 1(5) and 5 and Schedule 1 come into force two months after the Act receives Royal Assent. Section 56 also provides that Part 5 and Schedule 2 in relation to the National Institute for Learning Welsh come into force on 1 August 2027. All other sections come into force on a day specified by the Welsh Ministers by order.

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