Explanatory Notes

Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000

2000 asp 1

17 January 2000

The Act

Section 5: Credits for Payments Out of the Fund

Subsection (3)

29.This subsection prevents the Auditor General from granting a credit where he/she considers that the proposed payment from the Fund would not comply with sections 65(1) and (2) of the Scotland Act 1998. Those provisions set out the circumstances under which payments may be made from the Scottish Consolidated Fund.