Welsh Language Title, commencement, application and interpretation 1 1 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). 5 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. Standards specified 2 1 In Schedule 1— a Part 1 specifies service delivery standards; b Part 2 provides that a compliance notice must require a body to comply with certain standards specified in Part 1 if it has required the body to comply with certain other standards; c Part 3 defines a number of words and expressions. 2 In Schedule 2— a Part 1 specifies policy making standards; b Part 2 defines a number of words and expressions. 3 In Schedule 3— a Part 1 specifies operational standards; b Part 2 provides that a compliance notice must require a body to comply with certain standards specified in Part 1 if it has required the body to comply with certain other standards; c Part 3 defines a number of words and expressions. 4 In Schedule 4— a Part 1 specifies record keeping standards; b Part 2 defines a number of words and expressions. 5 Schedule 5 specifies standards that deal with matters which are supplementary to the matters dealt with in the standards specified in Schedules 1 to 4 and, in particular— a Part 1 specifies service delivery standards that deal with supplementary matters; b Part 2 specifies policy making standards that deal with supplementary matters; c Part 3 specifies operational standards that deal with supplementary matters; ch Part 4 specifies record keeping standards that deal with supplementary matters; d Part 5 makes provision about interpreting the supplementary standards; dd Part 6 makes supplementary provision. Standards that are specifically applicable 3 1 The Welsh Ministers authorize the Welsh Language Commissioner to give a compliance notice to the persons listed in Schedule 6 requiring them to comply with any of the standards specified under regulation 2. 2 But the Commissioner is not authorised to give a compliance notice to— a the Auditor General for Wales requiring him or her to comply with the following standards— i 94 to 140, ii 145 to 148, iii 161 to 166; b the Student Loans Company Limited requiring it to comply with the following standards— i 1 to 93, ii 144, iii 149 to 160. Carwyn Jones First Minister of Wales 9 February 2016