Scottish Languages Act 2025
Scottish Languages Act 2025 (2025 asp 10)
- Scottish Languages Act 2025 (2025 asp 10)
- Part 1 Gaelic
- Chapter 1 Support for the Gaelic language
- Status of the Gaelic language
- 1 Status of the Gaelic language
- Bòrd na Gàidhlig
- 2 Functions of Bòrd na Gàidhlig
- 3 Bòrd na Gàidhlig corporate plan
- Areas of linguistic significance
- 4 Areas of linguistic significance
- National Gaelic language strategy and standards
- 5 National Gaelic language strategy
- 6 Gaelic language standards
- Functions of relevant public authorities
- 7 Functions of relevant public authorities
- Reporting
- 8 Reporting on national Gaelic language strategy, standards and duties
- Gaelic language plans
- 9 Gaelic language plans
- Financial assistance for the promotion etc. of the Gaelic language
- 10 Financial assistance for the promotion etc. of the Gaelic language
- Scottish Ministers’ powers relating to research etc.
- 11 Scottish Ministers’ powers relating to research etc.
- Enforcement of duties
- 12 Power to enforce duties of relevant public authorities
- Interpretation
- 13 Interpretation: meaning of relevant public authority
- Land rights and responsibilities statement
- 14 Land rights and responsibilities statement: regard to be had to supporting Gaelic
- Chapter 2 Education
- Functions of Scottish Ministers
- 15 Duty of Scottish Ministers to promote Gaelic education
- 16 Power for Scottish Ministers to set standards relating to Gaelic education
- 17 Guidance to public authorities relating to Gaelic education
- 18 Production of school education resources in Gaelic
- General duties of education authorities relating to Gaelic education
- 19 General duty to provide education includes Gaelic education
- 20 Duty to promote Gaelic education in exercising functions under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980
- 21 Information-sharing about Gaelic education
- Gaelic education delivery planning
- 22 Gaelic education delivery planning
- Gaelic education qualifications
- 23 Production of material relating to Gaelic education qualifications
- Access to Gaelic education
- 24 Duty to support access to Gaelic medium education
- 25 Duty to establish a catchment area for schools providing Gaelic medium education
- 26 Transport to Gaelic medium education: application of Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010
- Assessments: Gaelic medium primary education
- 27 Assessments: power to make different provision for different areas
- 28 Assessments of requests for Gaelic medium education
- All-Gaelic schools: viability of establishment
- 29 All-Gaelic schools: viability of establishment
- Early learning and childcare
- 30 Duty to consult and plan on delivery of early learning and childcare
- Further and higher education
- 31 Conditions of grants to the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council
- 32 Review of status of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig
- Part 2 Scots
- Chapter 1 Support for the Scots language
- Status of the Scots language
- 33 Status of the Scots language
- Scots language strategy
- 34 Scots language strategy
- 35 Reporting on Scots language strategy
- 36 Effect of Scots language strategy
- Power for Scottish Ministers to give guidance
- 37 Power for Scottish Ministers to give guidance
- Financial assistance for the promotion etc. of the Scots language
- 38 Financial assistance for the promotion etc. of the Scots language
- Scottish Ministers’ powers relating to research etc.
- 39 Scottish Ministers’ powers relating to research etc.
- Chapter 2 School education
- 40 Scots language education in schools
- 41 Guidance to education authorities relating to Scots language education
- 42 Standards relating to Scots language education
- 43 Production of school education resources in Scots
- 44 Review of adequacy of school education resources in Scots
- 45 Reporting on Scots language education
- 46 Interpretation of Chapter 2
- Part 3 Final provisions
- 47 Ancillary provision
- 48 Commencement
- 49 Short title