The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order 2026

Welsh Statutory Instruments

2026 No. 96

WELSH LANGUAGE

The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order 2026

Made

25 March 2026

Coming into force

30 March 2026

The Welsh Ministers make this Order in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 35(1) and (2) and 38(1) and (2) of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011(1).

In accordance with the Senedd approval procedure applied by section 150(2)(f) of the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 a draft of this Welsh statutory instrument was laid before, and approved by resolution of, Senedd Cymru.

Title and coming into force

1.—(1) The title of this Order is the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (Amendment of Schedule 6) Order 2026.

(2) This Order comes into force on 30 March 2026.

Amendment of Schedule 6

2.   In the table in Schedule 6(2) (public bodies etc: standards) to the Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011, under the “General” heading, after the entry for the Community Development Foundation insert—

“Community Housing Cymru (“Cartrefi Cymunedol Cymru”)

Service delivery standards Policy making standards Operational standards Record keeping standards”

Mark Drakeford

Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, one of the Welsh Ministers

25 March 2026

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 1) (“the Measure”) makes provision for the specification of standards of conduct in relation to the Welsh language (“standards”).

Section 25 of the Measure provides that a person must comply with a standard of conduct specified by the Welsh Ministers if, and for as long as, six conditions are met. Condition 1 is that the person is liable to be required to comply with standards. Condition 2 is that the standard is potentially applicable to the person. The other conditions are not relevant to this Order.

Section 33 of the Measure provides that a person is liable to be required to comply with standards if the person is (a) within Schedule 5 and also within Schedule 6, or (b) within Schedule 7 and also within Schedule 8. A person is within Schedule 5 if the person falls within a category of persons specified in column 2 of the table in Schedule 5. A person is within Schedule 6 if the person (a) is specified in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6 (“the Schedule 6 table”), or (b) is within a category of persons specified in that column. Schedules 7 and 8 are not relevant to this Order.

Section 36 provides that a standard is potentially applicable to a person if the standard belongs to a class of standard that is specified in column 2 of the person’s entry in the Schedule 6 table. Each of the following is a class of standard—

(i)

service delivery standards;

(ii)

policy making standards;

(iii)

operational standards;

(iv)

promotion standards;

(v)

record keeping standards.

Section 35 enables the Welsh Ministers, by order, to amend the Schedule 6 table so that column 1 includes a reference to a person who falls within one or more of the Schedule 5 categories or a category of persons, all of whom fall within one or more of the Schedule 5 categories.

Section 38 enables the Welsh Ministers, by order, to amend the Schedule 6 table so that column 2 of an entry includes a reference to one or more of the following—

(i)

service delivery standards;

(ii)

policy making standards;

(iii)

operational standards;

(iv)

record keeping standards.

This Order amends Schedule 6 to the Measure by inserting Community Housing Cymru into Schedule 6 and specifying classes of standard in column 2.

This Order is connected to the Welsh Language Standards (No. 10) Regulations 2026. The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of Regulatory Impact Assessments was considered in relation to those Regulations and this Order. As a result, a regulatory impact assessment has been prepared dealing with those Regulations and this Order. A copy can be obtained from the Cymraeg 2050 Division, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ and is published on www.gov.wales.

(1)

2011 nawm 1.

(2)

There are amendments to Schedule 6 that are not relevant to this Order.