Introduction
1.1 This scheme describes how Ofcom will give effect, so far as is both appropriate in the circumstances and reasonably practicable, to the principle established by the Welsh Language Act 1993 that, in the conduct of public business and the administration of justice in Wales, the Welsh and English languages should be treated on a basis of equality.
1.2 The scheme covers the services that Ofcom provides to the public in Wales.
1.3 In this scheme, the term public means individuals, legal persons and corporate bodies. It includes the public as a whole, or a section of the public, as well as individual members of the public. The term includes voluntary organisations and charities. Directors and others representing limited companies are also within the meaning of the term ‘public’. It does not, however, include persons who are acting in a capacity which is representative of the Crown, Government or the State. Consequently, persons who fulfil official functions of a public nature, even though they are legal persons, do not come within the meaning of the word public when they are fulfilling those official functions.
1.4 Further information about the scope and purpose of Welsh language schemes can be found in the Welsh Language Board’s guidelines : www.welsh-language-board.org.uk.
1.5 This draft scheme was prepared in accordance with Sections 12 to 14 of the Act - and in accordance with guidelines issued by the Welsh Language Board under Section 9 of the Act.
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