Scottish Languages Act 2025

26 Transport to Gaelic medium education: application of Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010

(1) The Schools (Consultation) (Scotland) Act 2010 is modified as follows.

(2) In schedule 1 (relevant proposals), after paragraph 7 insert—

Transport to school that provides Gaelic medium education

7A A proposal to discontinue arrangements for the provision of transport by the education authority for pupils in Gaelic medium education.”.

(3) In schedule 2 (relevant consultees)—

(a) after paragraph 7 insert—

Transport to school that provides Gaelic medium education

7A In relation to a proposal specified in paragraph 7A of schedule 1, the consultees are—

(a) the persons mentioned in paragraph 11,

(b) the Parent Council or Combined Parent Council of any affected school,

(c) the parents of the pupils in Gaelic medium education at any affected school,

(d) the parents of any children expected by the education authority to be in Gaelic medium education at any affected school within two years of the date of publication of the proposal paper,

(e) the pupils in Gaelic medium education at any affected school (in so far as the education authority considers them to be of a suitable age and maturity),

(f) the staff (teaching and other) at the Gaelic medium education provision of any affected school,

(g) any trade union which appears to the education authority to be representative of the persons mentioned in sub-paragraph (f),

(h) any other education authority that the education authority considers relevant.”,

(b) in paragraph 11, for “Bòrd na Gàidhlig is also a consultee” substitute “the following persons are also consultees—

(a) Bòrd na Gàidhlig,

(b) the body known as Comann nam Pàrant (Nàiseanta).”.