Title, commencement, application and interpretation1
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The title of these Regulations is the Welsh Language Standards (No. 2) Regulations 2016.
2
These Regulations come into force on 16 February 2016.
3
These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.
4
In these Regulations—
a “body” (“corff”) means a person listed in Schedule 6;
an “individual” (“unigolyn”) means a member of the public;
a “member of staff” (“aelod o staff”) means an employee of a body or an individual working for a body but not a person appointed to a body by the Welsh Ministers, a Minister of the Crown or Her Majesty (and “staff” (“staff”) must be construed accordingly).
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In these Regulations—
a
references to any activity being carried out by a body, or to any service being provided by a body, are to be read as including a reference to that activity being carried out on the body’s behalf or to that service being provided on the body’s behalf by a third party under arrangements made between the third party and the body;
b
accordingly, unless a compliance notice provides to the contrary, a body will have failed to comply with a standard in respect of an activity or service it has arranged to be carried out or provided by a third party if that activity or service has not been carried out or provided in accordance with the standard.