# The Gaelic Medium Education (Assessment Requests) (Scotland) Regulations 2016, Regulation 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Gaelic Medium Education (Assessment Requests) (Scotland) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 1st February 2017.
(2) 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;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/425/regulation/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/gaelic-medium-education-assessment-requests-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-1
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