Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025

22 Register of school language categories

(1) A local authority must maintain and publish a register that includes the following matters—

(a) the language category of each school maintained by the authority, as set out in the school’s Welsh language education delivery plan approved under section 15 or 16;

(b) a record of each school maintained by the authority that is temporarily exempt, under section 18 or 19, from the requirement to provide the minimum amount of Welsh language education, and the date that the exemption comes to an end;

(c) the proposed language category of schools in its area for which proposals have been made under section 41 of the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1) (proposals to establish mainstream schools);

(d) the proposed language category of proposed schools that are not included in the register under paragraph (c), but are of a description set out in regulations made under subsection (3).

(2) In the School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Act 2013 (anaw 1), in section 41, after subsection (2) insert—

“(3) See section 22(1) of the Welsh Language and Education Act (Wales) 2025 (asc[ ]) for provision about a register of the proposed language category of schools for which proposals have been made under this section.”

(3) The Welsh Ministers may, by regulations, make further provision about a register maintained under subsection (1) in respect of—

(a) the matters to be included in the register;

(b) the form of the register;

(c) how and when the register is to be published.