| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to make further provision with respect to the Welsh language and references in Acts of Parliament to Wales. |
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| Citation | 1967 c. 66 |
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| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 27 July 1967 |
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| Repealed by | Welsh Language Act 1993 |
Status: Repealed | |
The Welsh Language Act 1967 (c. 66) (Welsh: Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1967)[1] was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which gave some rights to use the Welsh language in legal proceedings in Wales (including Monmouthshire) and gave the relevant minister the right to authorise the production of a Welsh version of any documents required or allowed by the Act. The act repealed a part of the Wales and Berwick Act 1746, which defined England as including Wales.[2][3]
Passed in July 1967, the act was based on the 1965 Hughes Parry Report and campaigns by the Welsh Language Society and members of Plaid Cymru, although following its passing some campaigners argued it did not go far enough. The act was the first act to significantly improve the rights to use Welsh in legal proceedings and started to remove the ban imposed on the language in law courts and other public administration since the 16th century in favour of English.
The act was superseded by the Welsh Language Act 1993.
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- ^ Jones, David Lloyd. "Deddf yr Iaith Gymraeg 1967: Yr Hanner Canrif Cyntaf" (PDF).
- ^ "The Welsh language Act of 1967". BBC. 26 July 2012. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
- ^ Text of the Welsh Language Act 1967 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.