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<ContentsTitle>Budget (Scotland) Act 2026</ContentsTitle>

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<Title>Budget (Scotland) Act 2026</Title>
<Number>2026 asp 8</Number>
<LongTitle>An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2026/27, 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 2027/28, for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund on a temporary basis; and for connected purposes.</LongTitle>
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<DateText>The Bill for this Act of the Scottish Parliament was passed by the Parliament on 25th February 2026 and received Royal Assent on 31st March 2026</DateText>
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