Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Gaelic Medium Education (Assessment Requests) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st February 2017.

In these Regulations—

• “the 2016 Act” means the Education (Scotland) Act 2016;

• “GMPE” means Gaelic medium primary education within the meaning of section 18(2) of the 2016 Act;

• “parent” has the meaning given by section 135(1) of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980^f1;

• “specified child” is to be construed in accordance with section 7(2) of the 2016 Act; and

• “year group” is to be construed in accordance with section 7(4) of the 2016 Act.