2012 No.2606
Police, England And Wales
The Welsh Language (Police Names) Order 2012
Made 12th October 2012
Laid before Parliament 17th October 2012
Coming into force 22nd November 2012

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 25(1) of the Welsh Language Act 1993.
1993 c. 38. The Secretary of State is the appropriate Minister by virtue of section 27(4)(b).

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Welsh Language (Police Names) Order 2012, and comes into force on 22nd November 2012.

Welsh names
2 There are hereby conferred on those police and crime commissioners established under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 which are, by virtue of section 1(3) of that Act, known by the names listed in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order, the alternative names in Welsh specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
2011 c. 13. By virtue of section 27(4) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, the power under section 25(1) of that Act is applicable in relation to a name conferred by an Act of Parliament passed after that Act.
3 There are hereby conferred on those chief constables established under section 2 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 which are, by virtue of paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to that Act, known by the names listed in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order, the alternative names in Welsh specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
Damian Green Minister of State Home Office 12th October 2012
SCHEDULE 1
Column 1 English Name	Column 2 Welsh Name
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Dyfed Powys	Comisiynydd yr Heddlu a Throseddu ar gyfer Dyfed Powys
The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent	Comisiynydd yr Heddlu a Throseddu ar gyfer Gwent
The Police and Crime Commissioner for North Wales	Comisiynydd yr Heddlu a Throseddu ar gyfer Gogledd Cymru
The Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales	Comisiynydd yr Heddlu a Throseddu ar gyfer De Cymru
SCHEDULE 2
Column 1 English Name	Column 2 Welsh Name
The Chief Constable of Dyfed Powys Police	Prif Gwnstabl Heddlu Dyfed Powys
The Chief Constable of Gwent Police	Prif Gwnstabl Heddlu Gwent
The Chief Constable of North Wales Police	Prif Gwnstabl Heddlu Gogledd Cymru
The Chief Constable of South Wales Police	Prif Gwnstabl Heddlu De Cymru

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order confers on police and crime commissioners established in Wales under section 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, and on chief constables established in Wales under section 2 of that Act, alternative names in Welsh.