Amendment of the Budget (Scotland) Act 20052

1

The Budget (Scotland) Act 2005 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2) to (6) of this article.

2

In section 3 (overall cash authorisations)–

a

in relation to the Scottish Administration, for “£23,274,951,000” substitute “£23,341,744,000”;

b

in relation to the Forestry Commissioners, for “£57,713,000” substitute “£57,433,000”;

c

in relation to the Food Standards Agency, for “£9,706,000” substitute “£11,342,000”;

d

in relation to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, for “£103,602,000” substitute “£103,942,000”; and

e

in relation to Audit Scotland, for “£5,980,000” substitute “£8,096,000”.

3

In Schedule 1–

a

in column 1 (purpose–

i

in relation to the fourth purpose after “the Scottish Further Education Funding Council” insert “the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council”;

ii

in relation to the fifth purpose after “Drugs Challenge Fund”; insert “Mental Health Tribunal”;

iii

in relation to the sixth purpose–

aa

after “to anti social behaviour” insert “measures in relation to drug abuse and treatment”; and

bb

after “with legal proceedings” insert “; Police Loan Charges”;

iv

in relation to the tenth purpose, after “Civic Forum; expenditure” insert “and grant assistance”; and

v

in relation to the twelfth purpose, after “witness expenses,” insert “victim expenses where applicable”;

b

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

i

in relation to the first purpose for “£1,193,987,000” substitute “£1,166,119,000”;

ii

in relation to the second purpose for “£1,240,774,000” substitute “£1,238,321,000”;

iii

in relation to the third purpose for “£930,523,000” substitute “£905,796,000”;

iv

in relation to the fourth purpose for “£4,303,983,000” substitute “£4,277,093,000”;

v

in relation to the fifth purpose for “£7,404,992,000” substitute “£7,447,965,000”;

vi

in relation to the sixth purpose for “£1,365,884,000” substitute “£1,500,786,000”;

vii

in relation to the seventh purpose for “£240,291,000” substitute “£247,348,000”;

viii

in relation to the eighth purpose for “£8,379,000” substitute “£8,589,000”;

ix

in relation to the ninth purpose for “£10,390,000” substitute “£10,310,000”;

x

in relation to the tenth purpose for “£7,591,071,000” substitute “£7,521,790,000”;

xi

in relation to the eleventh purpose for “£1,241,805,000” substitute “£1,748,421,000”; and

xii

in relation to the twelfth purpose for “£92,575,000” substitute “£93,292,000”;

c

in column 4 (accruing resources)–

i

in relation to the first purpose for “£66,084,000” substitute “£66,484,000”;

ii

in relation to the third purpose for “£1,350,000” substitute “£330,000”; and

iii

in relation to the twelfth purpose for “£450,000” substitute “£200,000”.

4

In Schedule 2–

a

in Part 1, for the overall amount of “£22,256,000” substitute “£21,661,000”;

b

in Part 2, for the overall amount of “£100” substitute £55,000,000”;

c

in Part 3, for the overall amount of “£18,820,000” substitute “£30,000,000”;

d

in Part 4–

i

after entry 5 insert–

6

Electricity Statutory Consent fees

Expenditure on the administration of consent for the provision of energy

ii

for the overall amount of “£68,338,000” substitute £49,002,000”;

e

in Part 5, for the overall amount of £1,521,032,000” substitute “£2,000,000,000”;

f

in Part 6–

i

in respect of item 5 for the word “defence” substitute “contingencies”;

ii

after item 9 insert–

10

Income from criminal record checks carried out by Disclosure Scotland

Expenditure on police services

iii

for the overall amount of “£25,137,000” substitute “£40,000,000”;

g

in Part 7, for the overall amount of “£13,422,000” substitute “£16,000,000”;

h

in Part 8, for the overall amount of “£2,940,000” substitute “£5,000,000”;

i

in Part 9, for the overall amount of “£800,000” substitute “£900,000”;

j

in Part 10, for the overall amount of “£85,000” substitute “£100,000”;

k

in Part 11, for the overall amount of “£1,156,172,000” substitute “£1,180,068,000”; and

l

in Part 12, for the overall amount of “£250,000” substitute “£300,000”.

5

In schedule 3–

a

in column 1 in respect of purpose 3, after the words “the Commissioner for Children and Young People in Scotland;” insert “and the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland;”;

b

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

i

in respect of the first purpose, for “£81,551,000” substitute “£74,486,000”;

ii

as regards the second purpose, for “£9,771,000” substitute “£11,407,000”;

iii

as regards the third purpose, for “£96,971,000” substitute “£97,311,000”; and

iv

as regards the fourth purpose, for “£6,525,000” substitute “£8,141,000”; and

c

in column 4 in respect of the fourth purpose for “£100” substitute “£5,000”.

6

In schedule 4–

a

in Part 3 in relation to the overall amount for “£170,000” substitute “£795,000”; and

b

in Part 4 in relation to the overall amount for “£18,009,000” substitute “£20,000,000”.