198Notices and other documents to be written in other languages

198 Notices and other documents to be written in other languages

198 Notices and other documents to be written in other languages

(1) If—

(a) the Secretary is required, by or under this Act, to cause a notice or other instrument to be given to a person, and

(b) it appears to the Secretary that the person is not literate in the English language but is literate in another language,

the Secretary must, in so far as it is reasonably practicable, cause the notice or other instrument to be written in the other language.

(2) The notice or other instrument must be written in such a form that there is a reasonable expectation that its contents will be understood by the person to whom it is given.

(3) Failure to comply with subsection (1) does not invalidate any thing done under any other provision of this Act.