Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 7(2) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

2012 No.

Public Finance And Accountability

The Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2012

Made

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 20111 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 7(2)2 of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2

In this Order, “the 2011 Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011.

Amendment of section 3 of the 2011 Act2

In section 3 (overall cash authorisations) of the 2011 Act—

a

in paragraph (a), for “£30,704,780,000” substitute “£30,737,019,000”;

b

in paragraph (b), for “£65,900,000” substitute “£61,955,000”;

c

in paragraph (c), for “£10,800,000” substitute “£9,980,000”; and

d

in paragraph (d), for “£75,293,000” substitute “£75,461,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 to the 2011 Act3

1

The table in schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration) to the 2011 Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In column 1 (purposes)—

a

in purpose 3—

i

for “Health and Wellbeing” substitute “Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy”;

ii

omit “; central government grants to local authorities”;

iii

after “delivery” insert “and legacy”; and

iv

omit “; programmes promoting social inclusion”;

b

in purpose 6—

i

after “market support” insert “, including grants in relation to agriculture”;

ii

for “crofting communities” substitute “grants for rural development”;

iii

before “assistance to the Scottish fisheries sector” insert “grants and other”; and

iv

before “; other environmental expenditure” insert “; support for crofting communities, including the crofting environment”; and

c

in purpose 7A, before “Strategy” insert “Government”.

3

In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources)—

a

in relation to purpose 1, for “209,134,000” substitute “203,379,000”;

b

in relation to purpose 2, for “432,095,000” substitute “426,217,000”;

c

in relation to purpose 3, for “11,709,223,000” substitute “11,769,116,000”;

d

in relation to purpose 4, for “2,640,330,000” substitute “2,704,729,000”;

e

in relation to purpose 5, for “1,726,482,000” substitute “1,757,553,000”;

f

in relation to purpose 6, for “484,648,000” substitute “493,735,000”;

g

in relation to purpose 6A, for “2,592,788,000” substitute “2,654,715,000”;

h

in relation to purpose 7, for “236,000,000” substitute “245,718,000”;

i

in relation to purpose 7A, for “7,948,000” substitute “13,631,000”;

j

in relation to purpose 8, for “108,200,000” substitute “109,433,000”;

k

in relation to purpose 9, for “10,544,803,000” substitute “10,557,732,000”;

l

in relation to purpose 9A, for “27,900,000” substitute “34,531,000”;

m

in relation to purpose 12, for “2,982,549,000” substitute “2,991,166,000”;

n

in relation to purpose 14, for “79,860,000” substitute “83,838,000”; and

o

in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, for “33,785,247,000” substitute “34,048,780,000”.

4

In column 3 (amount of accruing resources)—

a

in relation to purpose 1, for “33,000,000” substitute “35,000,000”;

b

in relation to purpose 6, for “602,100,000” substitute “820,000,000”;

c

in relation to purpose 7, for “26,600,000” substitute “20,300,000”; and

d

in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, for “4,853,700,000” substitute “5,067,300,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 to the 2011 Act4

In the table in schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies) to the 2011 Act—

a

in column 1 (purpose), in purpose 4, after “public bodies” insert “; payment of pension to the former Auditor General for Scotland”; and

b

in column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources)—

i

in relation to purpose 1, for “66,000,000” substitute “62,055,000”;

ii

in relation to purpose 2, for “10,900,000” substitute “10,050,000”; and

iii

in relation to purpose 3, for “87,990,000” substitute “88,158,000”.

Amendment of schedule 3 to the 2011 Act5

In the table in schedule 3 (borrowing by certain statutory bodies) to the 2011 Act, in column 2 (amount), in relation to enactment 4, for “35,100,000” substitute “85,100,000”.

A member of the Scottish ExecutiveSt Andrew's House,Edinburgh
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”).

Article 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 3 of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners, the Food Standards Agency and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.

Article 3(2) amends purposes 3, 6 and 7A for which resources may be used in accordance with section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Act.

Article 3(3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 12 and 14 set out in schedule 1 to the Act and the total amount of resources for all of the purposes.

Article 3(4) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1, 6 and 7 set out in schedule 1 to the Act and the total amount of resources for all of the purposes.

Article 4(a) amends the purposes for which resources may be used by Audit Scotland in accordance with section 2 of, and schedule 2 to, the Act.

Article 4(b) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used by direct-funded bodies for purposes 1, 2 and 3 set out in schedule 2 to the Act.

Article 5 amends the amount specified in schedule 3 to the Act in relation to section 42 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (which makes provision as to net borrowing by Scottish Water).