Section 12 Power to enforce duties of relevant public authoritiesI1I2

The Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 is modified as follows.

After section 9 insert—

“Enforcement of duties

Power to enforce duties of relevant public authorities

9A

(1)

If the Scottish Ministers are satisfied, either on complaint by any person interested or otherwise, that a relevant public authority has failed to discharge any duty imposed on it by or for the purposes of this Act, the Scottish Ministers may make an order—

(a)

declaring the authority to be in default in respect of that duty, and

(b)

requiring the authority before a date specified in the order to discharge that duty.

(2)

If the relevant public authority has not discharged the duty by the date specified in the order under subsection (1)(b)—

(a)

the Scottish Ministers may make such arrangements as they see fit for the discharge of the duty, or

(b)

the Court of Session may, on the application of the Lord Advocate, order specific performance of that duty.”.