Scottish Languages Act 2025

23 Production of material relating to Gaelic education qualifications

(1) The Education (Scotland) Act 2016 is modified as follows.

(2) After section 16A (as inserted by section 21(2)) insert—

“Gaelic education qualifications

16B Availability of qualifications through the medium of Gaelic

(1) In exercising its function of devising qualifications, the Scottish Qualifications Authority must ensure that these qualifications include an appropriate number and range of qualifications available through the medium of the Gaelic language.

(2) In deciding what is an appropriate number and range of qualifications for the purpose of subsection (1), the Scottish Qualifications Authority must—

(a) seek advice from—

(i) the Scottish Ministers,

(ii) Bòrd na Gàidhlig,

(iii) such other persons with expertise or an interest in the Gaelic language as the Authority considers appropriate,

(b) have regard to—

(i) any advice received in response to a request under paragraph (a),

(ii) any information the Authority has about the demand for qualifications in particular subjects or at particular levels.

16C Production of material relating to qualifications through the medium of Gaelic

(1) When the Scottish Qualifications Authority produces information, guidance or documents in the English language for use in connection with qualifications it has devised, it must also produce equivalent material in the Gaelic language for such of those qualifications as are available through the medium of the Gaelic language.

(2) The Scottish Qualifications Authority must, on request from the Scottish Ministers, produce a translation into the Gaelic language of any material of the type mentioned in subsection (1), whether or not that material was produced before this section came into force.”.