F1Part 7BThe Irish Language
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Amendments (Textual)
78ODuty to have regard to best practice standards
1
A public authority must, in providing services to the public or a section of the public in Northern Ireland, have due regard to any published best practice standards.
2
A public authority must prepare and publish a plan setting out the steps it proposes to take to comply with the duty in subsection (1).
3
A public authority—
a
may revise and re-publish the plan if the authority considers it necessary or desirable to do so, and
b
must revise and re-publish the plan if relevant revised best practice standards are published in accordance with section 78N.
4
In preparing or revising a plan under this section, a public authority must consult the Commissioner.
Pt. 7B inserted (22.5.2023 for specified purposes) by Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 (c. 45), ss. 2(1), 10(2); S.I. 2023/566, reg. 2(c)