The Budget (Scotland) Act 2019 Amendment Regulations 2020

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2020 No. 91

Public Finance And Accountability

The Budget (Scotland) Act 2019 Amendment Regulations 2020

Made

24th March 2020

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2019(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2019 Amendment Regulations 2020 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 2019.

Amendment of amounts specified in section 4 (overall cash authorisations)

2.  In section 4 of the Act, for the amount specified—

(a) in subsection (2) (Scottish Administration), substitute “£38,353,712,000”, and

(b) in subsection (3)(a) (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£91,740,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)

3.—(1) The table in schedule 1 of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) In column 1 (purposes)—

(a) in relation to purpose 2—

(i) after “rates income” for “and” substitute“;”,

(ii) after “advocacy services;” omit “city and regional growth deals”,

(b) in relation to purpose 3, after “learning opportunities,” insert “consumer policy related spend,”,

(c) in relation to purpose 4, after “and promotion;” insert “Scottish Attainment Challenge related programmes; provision of Pupil Equity Funding; supporting implementation of education reforms;”,

(d) in relation to purpose 5, after “legal proceedings;” insert “support for victims and witnesses; victims of human trafficking and addressing violence against women and girls;”,

(e) in relation to purpose 6, after “energy-related activities;” insert “city and regional growth deals;”,

(f) in relation to purpose 7, for “and compliance and policy” substitute “, compliance, policy and management of Scotland’s seas, representing Scotland’s interests in relation to common fisheries policy, international fisheries policy, international fisheries negotiation and aquaculture and freshwater policy, administration of all marine consents required for depositing substances at sea, coastal protection and offshore renewables and sponsorship of Crown Estate Scotland”,

(g) in relation to purpose 8—

(i) after “in relation to agriculture” insert “and food and drink”,

(ii) for the words from “core marine” to “fisheries sector” substitute “administration of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the emergency harbour grants scheme”,

(iii) after “Scotland Enterprise;” insert “Scottish Forestry;”;

(h) in relation to purpose 12—

(i) after “Fiscal Service” omit “(and the office of Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer)”,

(ii) after “administrative costs” insert “relating to the investigation and prosecution of crime and the investigation of deaths; operational and administrative costs in relation to functions in respect of extradition; operational and administrative costs relating to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union;”,

(iii) after “fees paid to” insert “Advocate Deputes,”,

(iv) after “procurators fiscal” insert “and ad hoc Advocate Deputes,”,

(v) for the words after “Crime Act 2002;” substitute “and for use by the Crown Agent for the office of the Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer (including special payments made in relation to intestate estates which fall to the Crown as ultimate heir),

(i) after the entry in relation to purpose 20, insert a new entry as follows—

“21.   For use by the Registers of Scotland on: operational and administrative costs.”.

(3) In column 2 (amount of resources (other than accruing resources)), for the amount specified—

(a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “ 14,587,204,000”,

(b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “11,669,882,000”,

(c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “729,343,000”,

(d) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “4,121,671,000”,

(e) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2,800,177,000”,

(f) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “2,960,651,000”,

(g) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “476,131,000”,

(h) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “392,920,000”,

(i) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “285,657,000”,

(j) in relation to purpose 10, substitute “543,234,000”,

(k) in relation to purpose 11, substitute “14,923,000”,

(l) in relation to purpose 12, substitute “134,061,000”,

(m) in relation to purpose 13, substitute “43,872,000”,

(n) in relation to purpose 16, substitute “141,172,000”,

(o) in relation to purpose 18, substitute “8,815,000”,

(p) in relation to purpose 19, substitute “18,853,000”,

(q) in relation to purpose 20, substitute “5,139,600,000”,

(r) in relation to added purpose 21, insert “0”, and

(s) in the final row, in relation to the total of amounts of resources, substitute “44,078,081,000”.

(4) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified—

(a) in relation to purpose 20, substitute “2,700,000,000”,

(b) in relation to added purpose 21, insert “Nil”, and

(c) in the final row, in relation to the total of amounts of resources, substitute “7,091, 500,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)

4.—(1) The table in schedule 2 of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 1, substitute “107,562,000”.

(3) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 2, substitute “17,592,000”.

BEN MACPHERSON

Authorised to sign on behalf of the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

24th March 2020

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2019 (“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 and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.

Regulation 3(2) amends schedule 1 of the Act by amending purposes 2 to 8, and 12, and adding a new purpose 21.

Regulation 3(3) amends schedule 1 of the Act by amending the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 13, 16, 18 to 20, and inserting an amount in relation to new purpose 21. It also amends the total of amounts of resources for all the purposes in that schedule.

Regulation 3(4) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purpose 20 and inserts an amount in relation to new purpose 21, in schedule 1 to the Act. It also amends the total of amounts 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 Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Audit Scotland for certain purposes in schedule 2 of the Act.

(1)

2019 asp 3, as amended by S.S.I. 2019/402.