1Amendment to section 35 of the Act (Equality of treatment)E+W
(1)Section 35 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c.32) (“the Act”) is amended as follows.
(2)For subsection (1), substitute—
“(1)The official languages of the Assembly are English and Welsh.
(1A)The official languages must, in the conduct of Assembly proceedings, be treated on a basis of equality.
(1B)All persons have the right to use either official language when participating in Assembly proceedings.
(1C)Reports of Assembly proceedings must, in the case of proceedings which fall within section 1(5)(a) (proceedings of the Assembly), contain a record of what was said, in the official language in which it was said, and also a full translation into the other official language.
(1D)Paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 makes provision about how the Assembly Commission must enable effect to be given to subsections (1) to (1C).”