Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 7)
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- (7) On the plan being approved or, as the case may be, ordered to be published by the Scottish Ministers, the Bòrd must—
- (a) publish it in such manner as it thinks fit, and
- (b) lay a copy of it before the Parliament.
Gaelic language plans
3Gaelic language plans
- (1) The Bòrd may give a notice in writing to any relevant public authority requiring the authority to prepare a Gaelic language plan.
- (2) The notice must—
- (a) state that the authority is required to prepare a Gaelic language plan in accordance with this section and submit it to the Bòrd,
- (b) specify a date (being no earlier than 6 months after the date the notice was given) by which the authority must submit the plan to the Bòrd, and
- (c) inform the authority of its rights under section 4 to request a review and to appeal to the Scottish Ministers.
- (3) In deciding whether to give a notice under subsection (1) to an authority, the Bòrd must have regard to—
- (a) the most recent national Gaelic language plan published under section 2 (if any),
- (b) the extent to which—
- (i) the Gaelic language is used by persons in relation to whom the functions of the authority are exercisable, and
- (ii) in the Bòrd’s opinion, there is potential for the authority to develop the use of the Gaelic language in connection with the exercise of those functions,
- (c) any representations made to it in relation to the use of the Gaelic language in connection with the exercise of those functions, and
- (d) any guidance given by the Scottish Ministers.
- (4) A Gaelic language plan must—
- (a) set out the measures to be taken by the relevant public authority in relation to the use of the Gaelic language in connection with the exercise of the authority’s functions,
- (b) specify the date by which the measures are to be taken, and
- (c) contain such other information as may be prescribed in regulations made under subsection (7).
- (5) A relevant public authority, in preparing a Gaelic language plan, must have regard to—
- (a) the most recent national Gaelic language plan published under section 2,
- (b) the extent to which the persons in relation to whom the authority’s functions are exercisable use the Gaelic language,
- (c) the potential for developing the use of the Gaelic language in connection with the exercise of those functions,
