Scottish Parliamentary Commissions and Commissioners etc. Act 2010 (asp 11)

SCHEDULE 5 Amendments of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 17)

Finance and budget

15 After paragraph 9 there is inserted—

“Budget

9A (1) The Commissioner must, before the start of each financial year, prepare proposals for the Commissioner’s use of resources and expenditure during the year (a “budget”) and, by such date as the Parliamentary corporation determines, send the budget to the Parliamentary corporation for approval.

(2) The Commissioner may, in the course of a financial year, prepare a revised budget for the remainder of the year and send it to the Parliamentary corporation for approval.

(3) In preparing a budget or revised budget, the Commissioner must ensure that the resources of the Commissioner will be used economically, efficiently and effectively.

(4) A budget or revised budget must contain a statement that the Commissioner has complied with the duty under sub-paragraph (3).”