An Act to establish a Board having the function of promoting and facilitating the use of the Welsh language, to provide for the preparation by public bodies of schemes giving effect to the principle that in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales the English and Welsh languages should be treated on a basis of equality, to make further provision relating to the Welsh language, to repeal certain spent enactments relating to Wales, and for connected purposes.
Citation
1993 c. 38
Territorial extent
England and Wales; Scotland; Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent
21 October 1993
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Laws in Wales Acts 1535 and (mostly) 1542
Welsh Courts Act 1942
Welsh Language Act 1967
Amended by
Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
The Welsh Language Act 1993 (c. 38) (Welsh: Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1993) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which put the Welsh language on an equal footing with the English language in Wales.
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favour of English. The act was superseded by the WelshLanguageAct1993. The WelshLanguageAct 1967 allowed the Welshlanguage to be used in legal proceeding...
the Welshlanguage (Welsh: hanes yr iaith Gymraeg) spans over 1400 years, encompassing the stages of the language known as Primitive Welsh, Old Welsh, Middle...
The WelshLanguage Society (Welsh: Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, also often abbreviated to Cymdeithas yr Iaith or just Cymdeithas in English) is a direct...
Welsh (Cymraeg [kəmˈraːiɡ] or y Gymraeg [ə ɡəmˈraːiɡ]) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken...
prescribed in legislation. The Welshlanguage is protected by the WelshLanguageAct1993 and the Government of Wales Act 1998, and since 1998 it has been...
that as the Act granted the Welsh equality with the English in law, that the result was "the language actually regained ground in Welsh towns and rural...
country in its own right." The WelshLanguage (Wales) Measure 2011 modernised the 1993WelshLanguageAct and gave Welsh an official status in Wales for...
under the WelshLanguageAct1993 the Welshlanguage has equal status with the English language. The overall result was declared in the Royal Welsh College...
the WelshLanguageAct 1967, which repealed section 1 of the Welsh Courts Act 1942. All four sections Act were repealed by the WelshLanguageAct1993 and...
England; The Laws in Wales Act 1535 imposed English law and the English language upon the Welsh people and allowed Welsh representation in the English...
The Welshlanguage has been protected gradually and most notably by the WelshLanguageAct 1967, the WelshLanguageAct1993, and the WelshLanguage (Wales)...
Statistics for Wales, March 2011". ONS. Retrieved 12 December 2012. WelshLanguageAct1993, Office of Public Sector Information, retrieved 3 September 2007...
the Transport (Wales) Act 2006. The WelshLanguage (Wales) Measure 2011 modernised the 1993WelshLanguageAct and gave Welsh an official status in Wales...
Education and Skills Act gave the Assembly the powers to make similar reforms as those planned in England. A spokesperson for the Welsh Assembly indicated...
Welsh LanguageAct1993 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which put the Welshlanguage on an equal footing with the English language in...
the Welshlanguage is ratified under the general Part II principles as well as the more specific Part III commitments, while the Cornish language is ratified...
Double Award) Welsh (compulsory in Welsh schools): WelshLanguage (first language) Welsh Literature (first language) Welsh Second Language GCSEs are awarded...
song also contributed to support for the Welshlanguage, namely the WelshLanguageAct1993, which placed Welsh on equal footing with English in Wales for...
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