148.This section gives the Welsh Ministers a power, by regulations, to make further provision about local Welsh in education strategic plans. Section 35(1)(a) to (f) sets out that what regulations may provide for, but the power is not limited to those matters. This power is intended to enable the Welsh Ministers to provide further detail on the matters outlined in section 30 of the Act, for example in relation to the form and content of a plan. This may include making regulations requiring local authorities to provide details in their plans as to how programmes, policies and their wider statutory duties have been considered in relation to the targets they have been set, e.g. Childcare Sufficiency Assessments, Early Years Programmes, school capital programmes, learner travel arrangements, amongst others. Regulations may also detail the timetable for the receipt, consideration and approval of a draft plan, as well as arrangements for reporting on the implementation of the scheme, for example through annual review reports.
149.A power is also conferred on the Welsh Ministers, by regulations, to enable two or more local authorities to produce a joint plan, and to apply any provision in this Part with modifications for that purpose.
Commentary on Sections Local plans Section 35 - Regulations