(1)The Commissioner must produce, in relation to each reporting period, a report on the position of the Welsh language in that period.
(2)In this Measure, such a report is referred to as “a 5-year report”.
(3)If a 5-year report is the first such report to be produced after a census, the report must include the following matters—
(a)a report of the results of the census so far as they relate to the Welsh language;
(b)an assessment of the implications of those results for the position of the Welsh language.
(4)Subsection (3) does not limit the matters which the Commissioner may include in any 5-year report.
(5)In this section—
“census” (“cyfrifiad”) means a census taken under the Census Act 1920 in Wales (whether or not the census is also taken elsewhere than in Wales);
“reporting period” (“cyfnod adrodd”) means—
the period that begins with the day on which section 2 comes into force and ends with 31 December 2015; and
each successive period of 5 years.