Explanatory Notes

Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000

2000 asp 1

17 January 2000

The Act

Section 19: Duty to Prepare Accounts

Subsection (3)

94.This subsection requires that, at the request of the Scottish Ministers, holders of non-ministerial offices in the Scottish Executive must prepare accounts of their expenditure and receipts for each financial year. These office-holders are those mentioned at paragraph 79 above in relation to section 14(5).