Early learning and childcare 23 Extension of assessments to early learning and childcare (1) The Education (Scotland) Act 2016 is modified as follows. 15 (2) The italic heading immediately preceding section 7 becomes “Assessments: primary education and early learning and childcare”. (3) In section 7 (assessment requests)— (a) in subsection (1), at the end insert “or Gaelic medium early learning and childcare (in this Part, “GMELC”)”, 20 (b) in subsection (2)(b)— (i) after “GMPE” insert “or GMELC, as the case may be,”, (ii) “are” is repealed, (iii) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (i), insert “are”, (iv) at the beginning of sub-paragraph (ii), insert “are, or are likely to be,”, 25 (c) in subsection (3)— (i) after “GMPE” insert “or GMELC, as the case may be,”, (ii) “are” is repealed, (iii) at the beginning of paragraph (a), insert “are”, (iv) at the beginning of paragraph (b), insert “are, or are likely to be,”,. 30 (4) In section 8 (GMPE assessment areas)— (a) in subsection (2), after “GMPE” insert “or GMELC, as the case may be,”, (b) in subsection (3), for “GMPE” substitute “relevant”, (c) in subsection (4)— (i) in the opening words, for “GMPE” substitute “relevant”, 35 (ii) in paragraph (a)(i), after “GMPE” insert “or GMELC, as the case may be,”, (iii) in paragraph (a)(ii), after “GMPE” insert “or GMELC, as the case may be,”, 20 Scottish Languages Bill Part 1—Gaelic Chapter 2—Education (iv) in paragraph (b), for “could reasonably be met in the GMPE” substitute “or GMELC, as the case may be, could reasonably be met in the relevant”, (d) in subsection (5)— (i) in paragraph (b), for “in the GMPE” substitute “or GMELC, as the case 5 may be, in the relevant”, (ii) in paragraph (c), after “GMPE” insert “or GMELC, as the case may be,”. (5) The title of section 8 becomes “GMPE or GMELC assessment areas”. (6) In section 9 (initial assessments)— (a) in subsection (2)— 10 (i) in the opening words, after “GMPE” insert “or GMELC, as the case may 1 be”, (ii) in paragraph (a), for “GMPE” substitute “relevant”, (b) in subsection (3)— (i) in the opening words of paragraph (a), for “in the GMPE” substitute “or 15 GMELC, as the case may be, in the relevant”, (ii) in paragraph (a)(i), for “GMPE” substitute “relevant”, (iii) in paragraph (a)(ii), after “are” insert “, or are likely to be,”, (iv) in the opening words of paragraph (b), for “in the GMPE” substitute “or GMELC, as the case may be, in the relevant”, 20 (v...