Enforcement of duties

Power to enforce duties of relevant public authorities
9A
1
If the Scottish Ministers are satisfied, either on complaint by any person interested or otherwise, that a relevant public authority has failed to discharge any duty imposed on it by or for the purposes of this Act, the Scottish Ministers may make an order—
a
declaring the authority to be in default in respect of that duty, and
b
requiring the authority before a date specified in the order to discharge that duty.
2
If the relevant public authority has not discharged the duty by the date specified in the order under subsection (1)(b)—
a
the Scottish Ministers may make such arrangements as they see fit for the discharge of the duty, or
b
the Court of Session may, on the application of the Lord Advocate, order specific performance of that duty.
S. 9A and cross-heading inserted (30.11.2025) by Scottish Languages Act 2025 (asp 10), ss. 12(2), 48(2); S.S.I. 2025/348, reg. 2, sch.