Commentary on Sections Part 4 – Planning Welsh Language Education and Learning Welsh.National Framework Section 27 - National Framework: further provision about content, review and amendment
119.Under this section, when preparing or amending the National Framework, the Welsh Ministers must set out the steps they intend to take, in accordance with the requirements of section 24(3) and (4) and section 25, for periods of 10 years. The section also details the process of reviewing and amending the National Framework.
120.The National Framework must be reviewed and amended every 5 years in order to update the steps that the Welsh Ministers intend to take. The Welsh Ministers must also review the National Framework targets, and set new targets if necessary.
121.Section 27(4) gives the Welsh Ministers the power to amend the National Framework from time to time, or to prepare a new one, and section 27(5) sets out which sections of the Act apply in doing so. Section 27(7) states that section 27(6) applies to a new National Framework as it applies to the first National Framework.