The Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of or in connection with 35 the exercise of their functions under this Act— (a) conduct research and inquiries, 15 Scottish Languages Bill Part 1—Gaelic Chapter 1—Support for the Gaelic language (b) collect data and publish statistics or other information, (c) provide training, (d) encourage or assist other persons to do any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).”. 5 25C Power to enforce duties of public authorities (1) The Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005 is modified as follows. (2) After section 9 insert— “Enforcement of duties 9A Power to enforce duties of relevant public authorities 10 (1) If the Scottish Ministers are satisfied, either on complaint by any person 1 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 15 (b) requiring the authority before a date...