PART 2THE WELSH LANGUAGE COMMISSIONER

Functions

8Judicial review and other legal proceedings

1

The Commissioner may institute or intervene in legal proceedings in England and Wales if it appears to the Commissioner that the proceedings are relevant to a matter in respect of which the Commissioner has a function.

2

Subsection (1)—

a

does not create a cause of action, and

b

is subject to any limitation or restriction imposed by virtue of an enactment or in accordance with the practice of a court.

3

In this section “legal proceedings” includes, but is not limited to, proceedings before any court or tribunal.