British Sign Language Act 2022
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-declaration-recognising-british-sign-language"><heading>Declaration recognising British Sign Language</heading><section eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Recognition of British Sign Language</heading><subsection eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>British Sign Language is recognised as a language of England, Wales and Scotland.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of any enactment or rule of law.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>But see sections 2 and 3 (which, in connection with the recognition of British Sign Language by subsection (1), impose duties on the Secretary of State relating to the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In this section, “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1"><num>1</num><heading>Recognition of British Sign Language</heading><subsection eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>British Sign Language is recognised as a language of England, Wales and Scotland.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of any enactment or rule of law.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>But see sections 2 and 3 (which, in connection with the recognition of British Sign Language by subsection (1), impose duties on the Secretary of State relating to the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language).</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In this section, “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>British Sign Language is recognised as a language of England, Wales and Scotland.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of any enactment or rule of law.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>But see sections 2 and 3 (which, in connection with the recognition of British Sign Language by subsection (1), impose duties on the Secretary of State relating to the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language).</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-1-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>In this section, “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament.</p></content></subsection>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-duties-relating-to-the-promotion-and-facilitation-of-british-sign-language"><heading>Duties relating to the promotion and facilitation of British Sign Language</heading><section eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Duty of Secretary of State to report on British Sign Language</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a British Sign Language report for each reporting period.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A British Sign Language report is a report describing what each relevant government department has done to promote or facilitate the use of British Sign Language in its communications with the public.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For this purpose a relevant government department’s communications with the public include in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any public announcement which it makes about policy or about changes to the law,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the publication by it of any plan, strategy, consultation document or consultation response, or any explanatory or supporting materials, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>its use of press conferences, social media or a government website to publicise any of its activities or policies,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>but do not include communications with individual members of the public, or any other communications which the relevant government department does not intend to be shared with the public at large.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In preparing a British Sign Language report, the Secretary of State must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>collect information from each relevant government department about the matters to be covered by the report, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>set out in full or summarise that information in the report.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State must not collect, or include in a British Sign Language report, information about any communication made by a relevant government department so far as that communication—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must publish each British Sign Language report no more than three months after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In this section “reporting period” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in respect of the first British Sign Language report, the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with 30 April 2023;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in respect of each subsequent British Sign Language report, the period (being not longer than three years) beginning on the day after the previous reporting period ended and ending on such date as the Secretary of State decides.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In this section and section 3, “relevant government department” means a United Kingdom ministerial government department listed in the Schedule.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument amend the list in the Schedule so as to add, remove or vary an entry in consequence of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a change to the name of a United Kingdom ministerial government department, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any change to the way in which the United Kingdom ministerial government departments are organised.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p>A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection <ref href="#section-2-9">(9)</ref> is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p></content></subsection></section><section eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Guidance on use of British Sign Language</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must issue guidance, or arrange for guidance to be issued, about the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Guidance under this section may for example include—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>advice for relevant government departments on providing information to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 2(4),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>advice on best practice for communicating with British Sign Language users (both when interacting with individuals and when communicating with the public at large), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>case studies to illustrate the value of providing British Sign Language interpretation in communications with the public.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Guidance under this section must not include advice or other material which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued under this section to be published.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2"><num>2</num><heading>Duty of Secretary of State to report on British Sign Language</heading><subsection eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a British Sign Language report for each reporting period.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A British Sign Language report is a report describing what each relevant government department has done to promote or facilitate the use of British Sign Language in its communications with the public.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For this purpose a relevant government department’s communications with the public include in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any public announcement which it makes about policy or about changes to the law,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the publication by it of any plan, strategy, consultation document or consultation response, or any explanatory or supporting materials, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>its use of press conferences, social media or a government website to publicise any of its activities or policies,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>but do not include communications with individual members of the public, or any other communications which the relevant government department does not intend to be shared with the public at large.</p></wrapUp></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In preparing a British Sign Language report, the Secretary of State must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>collect information from each relevant government department about the matters to be covered by the report, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>set out in full or summarise that information in the report.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State must not collect, or include in a British Sign Language report, information about any communication made by a relevant government department so far as that communication—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must publish each British Sign Language report no more than three months after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In this section “reporting period” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in respect of the first British Sign Language report, the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with 30 April 2023;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in respect of each subsequent British Sign Language report, the period (being not longer than three years) beginning on the day after the previous reporting period ended and ending on such date as the Secretary of State decides.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In this section and section 3, “relevant government department” means a United Kingdom ministerial government department listed in the Schedule.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument amend the list in the Schedule so as to add, remove or vary an entry in consequence of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a change to the name of a United Kingdom ministerial government department, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any change to the way in which the United Kingdom ministerial government departments are organised.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-2-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p>A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection <ref href="#section-2-9">(9)</ref> is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a British Sign Language report for each reporting period.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>A British Sign Language report is a report describing what each relevant government department has done to promote or facilitate the use of British Sign Language in its communications with the public.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>For this purpose a relevant government department’s communications with the public include in particular—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any public announcement which it makes about policy or about changes to the law,</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the publication by it of any plan, strategy, consultation document or consultation response, or any explanatory or supporting materials, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>its use of press conferences, social media or a government website to publicise any of its activities or policies,</p></content></level><wrapUp><p>but do not include communications with individual members of the public, or any other communications which the relevant government department does not intend to be shared with the public at large.</p></wrapUp></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>any public announcement which it makes about policy or about changes to the law,</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>the publication by it of any plan, strategy, consultation document or consultation response, or any explanatory or supporting materials, and</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-3-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>its use of press conferences, social media or a government website to publicise any of its activities or policies,</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-4"><num>(4)</num><intro><p>In preparing a British Sign Language report, the Secretary of State must—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>collect information from each relevant government department about the matters to be covered by the report, and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>set out in full or summarise that information in the report.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-4-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>collect information from each relevant government department about the matters to be covered by the report, and</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-4-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>set out in full or summarise that information in the report.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-5"><num>(5)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State must not collect, or include in a British Sign Language report, information about any communication made by a relevant government department so far as that communication—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-5-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-5-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-6"><num>(6)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must publish each British Sign Language report no more than three months after the end of the reporting period to which it relates.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-7"><num>(7)</num><intro><p>In this section “reporting period” means—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in respect of the first British Sign Language report, the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with 30 April 2023;</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in respect of each subsequent British Sign Language report, the period (being not longer than three years) beginning on the day after the previous reporting period ended and ending on such date as the Secretary of State decides.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-7-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>in respect of the first British Sign Language report, the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with 30 April 2023;</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-7-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>in respect of each subsequent British Sign Language report, the period (being not longer than three years) beginning on the day after the previous reporting period ended and ending on such date as the Secretary of State decides.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-8"><num>(8)</num><content><p>In this section and section 3, “relevant government department” means a United Kingdom ministerial government department listed in the Schedule.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-9"><num>(9)</num><intro><p>The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument amend the list in the Schedule so as to add, remove or vary an entry in consequence of—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-2-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a change to the name of a United Kingdom ministerial government department, or</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-2-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any change to the way in which the United Kingdom ministerial government departments are organised.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-9-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>a change to the name of a United Kingdom ministerial government department, or</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-2-9-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>any change to the way in which the United Kingdom ministerial government departments are organised.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-2-10"><num>(10)</num><content><p>A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection <ref href="#section-2-9">(9)</ref> is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.</p></content></subsection>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3"><num>3</num><heading>Guidance on use of British Sign Language</heading><subsection eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must issue guidance, or arrange for guidance to be issued, about the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Guidance under this section may for example include—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>advice for relevant government departments on providing information to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 2(4),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>advice on best practice for communicating with British Sign Language users (both when interacting with individuals and when communicating with the public at large), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>case studies to illustrate the value of providing British Sign Language interpretation in communications with the public.</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Guidance under this section must not include advice or other material which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level></subsection><subsection eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued under this section to be published.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must issue guidance, or arrange for guidance to be issued, about the promotion and facilitation of the use of British Sign Language.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-2"><num>(2)</num><intro><p>Guidance under this section may for example include—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>advice for relevant government departments on providing information to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 2(4),</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>advice on best practice for communicating with British Sign Language users (both when interacting with individuals and when communicating with the public at large), and</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>case studies to illustrate the value of providing British Sign Language interpretation in communications with the public.</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>advice for relevant government departments on providing information to the Secretary of State in accordance with section 2(4),</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>advice on best practice for communicating with British Sign Language users (both when interacting with individuals and when communicating with the public at large), and</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-2-c"><num>(c)</num><content><p>case studies to illustrate the value of providing British Sign Language interpretation in communications with the public.</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-3"><num>(3)</num><intro><p>Guidance under this section must not include advice or other material which—</p></intro><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level><level class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level></subsection>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-3-a"><num>(a)</num><content><p>relates only to Scotland and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998);</p></content></level>
<level xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" class="para1" eId="section-3-3-b"><num>(b)</num><content><p>relates only to Wales and does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Government of Wales Act 2006).</p></content></level>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-3-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued under this section to be published.</p></content></subsection>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="crossheading-general"><heading>General</heading><section eId="section-4"><num>4</num><heading>Extent, commencement and short title</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Sections 1 and 2 and the Schedule come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Section 3 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State appoints by regulations made by statutory instrument.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the British Sign Language Act 2022.</p></content></subsection></section></hcontainer>
<section xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4"><num>4</num><heading>Extent, commencement and short title</heading><subsection eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Sections 1 and 2 and the Schedule come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Section 3 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State appoints by regulations made by statutory instrument.</p></content></subsection><subsection eId="section-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the British Sign Language Act 2022.</p></content></subsection></section>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-1"><num>(1)</num><content><p>This Act extends to England and Wales and Scotland.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-2"><num>(2)</num><content><p>This section comes into force on the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-3"><num>(3)</num><content><p>Sections 1 and 2 and the Schedule come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-4"><num>(4)</num><content><p>Section 3 comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State appoints by regulations made by statutory instrument.</p></content></subsection>
<subsection xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="section-4-5"><num>(5)</num><content><p>This Act may be cited as the British Sign Language Act 2022.</p></content></subsection>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="schedules" eId="schedules"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num>SCHEDULE<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 2</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Relevant government departments</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Attorney General’s Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><p>Cabinet Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p>Department for <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95-1684863999238" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95" class="commentary"/>Business and Trade</ins>.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p>Department for <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7-1684865241050" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7" class="commentary"/>Culture, Media and Sport</ins>.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p>Department for Education.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5A" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305-1684863749693" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305" class="commentary"/>5A</ins></num><content><p><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305-1684863749693" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305">Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.</ins></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-2ab5e46e979a0ae8a290d60eb3fd2eea" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>7</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3-1731416809785" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3" class="commentary"/>8</ins></num><content><p><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3-1731416809785" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3">Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</ins></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8A" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8-1684863830687" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8" class="commentary"/>8A</ins></num><content><p><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8-1684863830687" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8">Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</ins></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>Department for Transport.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>Department for Work and Pensions.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p>Department of Health and Social Care.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><content><p>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><content><p>Her Majesty’s Treasury.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><content><p>Home Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><content><p>Ministry of Defence.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><content><p>Ministry of Justice.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Commons.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Lords.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-20" class="schProv1"><num>20</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" name="schedules"><hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num>SCHEDULE<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 2</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Relevant government departments</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Attorney General’s Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><p>Cabinet Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p>Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p>Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p>Department for Education.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num>7</num><content><p>Department for International Trade.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num>8</num><content><p>Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>Department for Transport.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>Department for Work and Pensions.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p>Department of Health and Social Care.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><content><p>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><content><p>Her Majesty’s Treasury.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><content><p>Home Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><content><p>Ministry of Defence.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><content><p>Ministry of Justice.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Commons.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Lords.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-20" class="schProv1"><num>20</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer></hcontainer>
<hcontainer xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" name="schedule" eId="schedule"><num>SCHEDULE<authorialNote class="referenceNote"><p>Section 2</p></authorialNote></num><heading>Relevant government departments</heading><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Attorney General’s Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><p>Cabinet Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p>Department for <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95-1684863999238" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95" class="commentary"/>Business and Trade</ins>.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p>Department for <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7-1684865241050" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7" class="commentary"/>Culture, Media and Sport</ins>.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p>Department for Education.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5A" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305-1684863749693" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305" class="commentary"/>5A</ins></num><content><p><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305-1684863749693" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305">Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.</ins></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-2ab5e46e979a0ae8a290d60eb3fd2eea" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>7</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3-1731416809785" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3" class="commentary"/>8</ins></num><content><p><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3-1731416809785" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3">Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</ins></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8A" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8-1684863830687" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8" class="commentary"/>8A</ins></num><content><p><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8-1684863830687" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8">Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</ins></p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>Department for Transport.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>Department for Work and Pensions.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p>Department of Health and Social Care.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><content><p>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><content><p>Her Majesty’s Treasury.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><content><p>Home Office.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><content><p>Ministry of Defence.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><content><p>Ministry of Justice.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Commons.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Lords.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.</p></content></paragraph><paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-20" class="schProv1"><num>20</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.</p></content></paragraph></hcontainer>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1"><num>1</num><content><p>Attorney General’s Office.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1"><num>2</num><content><p>Cabinet Office.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1"><num>3</num><content><p>Department for <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95-1684863999238" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-d3b90f0fa52c8fc093ddc85849035b95" class="commentary"/>Business and Trade</ins>.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1"><num>4</num><content><p>Department for <ins class="substitution first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7-1684865241050" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-03359825b9ed82a737e45484bf4e4dc7" class="commentary"/>Culture, Media and Sport</ins>.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1"><num>5</num><content><p>Department for Education.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1"><num>6</num><content><p>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="schedule-paragraph-5A" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305-1684863749693" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305" class="commentary"/>5A</ins></num><content><p><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305-1684863749693" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-df32f3ba2ce52a563746436c3e07c305">Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.</ins></p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1"><num><noteRef href="#key-2ab5e46e979a0ae8a290d60eb3fd2eea" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>7</num><content><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="substitution first" ukl:ChangeId="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3-1731416809785" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3" class="commentary"/>8</ins></num><content><p><ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3-1731416809785" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-dcd12424cb3c087aef0c80e25e60c5f3">Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</ins></p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1"><num>9</num><content><p>Department for Transport.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-10" class="schProv1"><num>10</num><content><p>Department for Work and Pensions.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" eId="schedule-paragraph-8A" class="schProv1"><num><ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8-1684863830687" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8"><noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8" class="commentary"/>8A</ins></num><content><p><ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8-1684863830687" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-6bbb7b54958347b307019c87e52e95a8">Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.</ins></p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-11" class="schProv1"><num>11</num><content><p>Department of Health and Social Care.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-12" class="schProv1"><num>12</num><content><p>Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-13" class="schProv1"><num>13</num><content><p>Her Majesty’s Treasury.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-14" class="schProv1"><num>14</num><content><p>Home Office.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-15" class="schProv1"><num>15</num><content><p>Ministry of Defence.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-16" class="schProv1"><num>16</num><content><p>Ministry of Justice.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-17" class="schProv1"><num>17</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Commons.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-18" class="schProv1"><num>18</num><content><p>Office of the Leader of the House of Lords.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-19" class="schProv1"><num>19</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland.</p></content></paragraph>
<paragraph xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" eId="schedule-paragraph-20" class="schProv1"><num>20</num><content><p>Office of the Secretary of State for Wales.</p></content></paragraph>