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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/mwa/2011/1/section/9/enacted</dc:identifier><dc:title>Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011</dc:title><dc:subject>Welsh language</dc:subject><dc:subject>Languages</dc:subject><dc:subject>Legal proceedings</dc:subject><dc:subject>Hearings</dc:subject><dc:subject>Decision notices (planning)</dc:subject><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2020-03-16</dc:modified>
					
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<Text>The Commissioner may provide an individual with assistance if the person is, or may become, a party to actual or possible legal proceedings in England and Wales that are relevant to a matter in respect of which the Commissioner has a function.</Text>
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<Text>This section does not affect any restriction imposed in respect of representation—</Text>
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<Text>by virtue of an enactment, or</Text>
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<Text>in accordance with the practice of a court or tribunal.</Text>
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<Text>It is for the Commissioner to determine, for the purposes of this section, whether there are possible legal proceedings that are relevant to a matter in respect of which the Commissioner has a function.</Text>
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<Text>In this section—</Text>
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