Budget (Scotland) Act 2000

5 Emergency arrangements

(1) This section applies if, at the beginning of financial year 2001/02, payments in that year out of the Fund under section 65(1)(c) of the 1998 Act have not been authorised by any enactment.

(2) Until there is in force a Budget Act providing such authorisation—

(a) any purpose for which payments out of the Fund are authorised to be made by this Act for financial year 2000/01 shall be taken to be a purpose for which payments out of the Fund are authorised to be made in financial year 2001/02, and

(b) the maximum amount which may, in each calendar month of financial year 2001/02, be paid out of the Fund for any purpose must not exceed whichever is the greater of—

(i) one-twelfth of the maximum amount authorised by this Act to be paid out for that purpose in financial year 2000/01, and

(ii) the amount paid out of the Fund for that purpose in the corresponding calendar month of that financial year,

and section 4 of the 2000 Act has effect accordingly.

(3) Subsection (2) is subject to any provision made by Budget Act for financial year 2001/02.