Consultation9
1
A local authority must consult on the plan in draft—
a
the Welsh Language Commissioner (within the meaning of section 2 of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 201110);
b
the Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership (within the meaning of section 119 of the 1998 Act11);
c
school councils;
d
Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education and Training in Wales;
e
such organisations providing services to children and young people as the local authority considers appropriate; and
f
such other persons or bodies as appear to the local authority to be appropriate.
2
In the case of the bodies referred to in paragraph (1) only those bodies which have an interest in the local authority’s area which is the subject of a Welsh medium education assessment are to be consulted.
3
The local authority must consult on the draft plan for a period of not less than eight weeks.
4
The local authority must carry out the consultation by sending to every consultee a draft of the plan inviting comments on it within a period specified by the local authority.
5
The requirement in paragraph (4) to send a draft of the plan to every consultee may be satisfied by sending copies of it by electronic mail.