http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2017/1/section/1Budget (Scotland) Act 2017An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2017/18, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2018/19, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-05-21Expert Participation2018-03-29PART 1Financial year 2017/18Use of resources etc.
1The Scottish Administration(1)

The Scottish Administration may use resources in financial year 2017/18 for the purposes specified in column 1 of schedule 1—

(a)

in the case of resources other than accruing resources, up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 of that schedule,

(b)

in the case of accruing resources, up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 3 of that schedule.

(2)

Despite paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1), the resources which may be used for a purpose specified in column 1 may exceed the amount specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 or (as the case may be) column 3 if—

(a)

in the case of resources other than accruing resources, the first condition is met,

(b)

in the case of accruing resources, the second condition is met.

(3)

The first condition is that the total resources (other than accruing resources) used in financial year 2017/18 for all purposes specified in column 1 does not exceed the total of the amounts specified in column 2.

(4)

The second condition is that the total accruing resources used in financial year 2017/18 for all purposes specified in column 1 does not exceed the total of the amounts specified in column 3.