Scottish Languages Act 2025

32 Review of status of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig

(1) The Scottish Ministers must take such action as they consider appropriate to support the development of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig as the national centre for Gaelic language, education and culture in Scotland.

(2) In exercising their duty under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must conduct a review of the status of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.

(3) The review must in particular consider—

(a) the funding of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig,

(b) whether Sabhal Mòr Ostaig should be designated under section 44(1) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992, and

(c) any other action that may be taken to support the development of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.

(4) The review must be completed within the period of 1 year beginning with the day on which this subsection comes into force.

(5) For the avoidance of doubt, the Scottish Ministers may, before the completion of the review, take any action they consider appropriate to support the development of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig.

(6) On completing the review, the Scottish Ministers must—

(a) publish a report on the review in such manner as they consider appropriate, and

(b) lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament.

(7) Following the publication of the report on the review, the duty imposed by subsection (1) is discharged by the Scottish Ministers taking the actions to support the development of Sabhal Mòr Ostaig which are set out in the report.

(8) In this section, “Sabhal Mòr Ostaig” means the body with that name and with the company number SC361752.