Draft Regulations laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 7(2) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2016 No. 
Public Finance And Accountability
The Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 Amendment Regulations 2016
Made 2016
Coming into force 2016

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2015 asp 2, as amended by S.S.I. 2015/434.
In accordance with section 7(2) of that Act, a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

1 Citation, commencement and interpretation
1 These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
2 In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015.

2 Amendment of amounts specified in section 4 (overall cash authorisations)
In section 4 of the Act, for the amount specified—
(a) in subsection (2) (Scottish Administration), substitute “£34,090,523,000”;
(b) in subsection (3)(a) (Forestry Commissioners), substitute “£62,450,000”; and
(c) in subsection (3)(b) (the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£77,566,000”.

3 Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)
1 The table in schedule 1 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
2 In column 1 (purposes)—
(a) in relation to purpose 2—
(i) delete “expenditure and grant assistance in relation to public service reform and efficiency;” and
(ii) insert after “Accountant in Bankruptcy” “; funding to support delivery of Parliamentary Elections”; and
(b) in relation to purpose 8—
(i) insert after “other emergencies;” “funding of the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland;”;
(ii) insert after “welfare purposes;” “funding to tackle food poverty;”; and
(iii) insert after “equality issues” “; expenditure and grant assistance in relation to public service reform and efficiency; funding for advice and advocacy services; funding to support delivery of Local Government Elections”.
3 In column 2 (amount of resources (other than accruing resources)), for the amount specified—
(a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “220,204,000”;
(b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “603,746,000”;
(c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “12,482,212,000”;
(d) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “2,968,802,000”;
(e) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2,399,161,000”;
(f) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “511,265,000”;
(g) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “2,321,344,000”;
(h) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “11,617,228,000”;
(i) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “269,763,000”;
(j) in relation to purpose 10, substitute “3,398,351,000”;
(k) in relation to purpose 11, substitute “191,813,000”;
(l) in relation to purpose 12, substitute “22,650,000”;
(m) in relation to purpose 13, substitute “113,850,000”;
(n) in relation to purpose 14, substitute “94,352,000”;
(o) in relation to purpose 17, substitute “4,819,000”;
(p) in relation to purpose 18, substitute “15,700,000”; and
(q) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “37,242,349,000”.
4 In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified—
(a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “50,000,000”;
(b) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “2,150,000,000”;
(c) in relation to purpose 11, substitute “30,000,000”;
(d) in relation to purpose 14, substitute “40,000,000”; and
(e) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “5,748,600,000”.

4 Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)
1 The table in schedule 2 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
2 In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified—
(a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “62,550,000”;
(b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “92,433,000”; and
(c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “9,934,000”.
Name A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 (“the Act”).
Regulation 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4(2) and (3) of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
Regulation 3(2) amends purposes 2 and 8 in schedule 1 of the Act.
Regulation 3(3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 14, 17 and 18 in schedule 1 of the Act. It also amends the total amount of those resources for all the purposes in that schedule.
Regulation 3(4) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1, 3, 11 and 14 in schedule 1 of the Act. It also amends the total amount of those resources for all the purposes in that schedule.
Regulation 4 amends the amount of resources other than accruing resources that may be used by the Forestry Commissioners, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Audit Scotland for certain purposes in schedule 2 of the Act.