The Budget (Scotland) Act 2005 Amendment Order 2006

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2005 Amendment Order 2006 and shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.

Amendment of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2005

2.—(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”; and

(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”; and

(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”.

TOM McCABE

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th February 2006