The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2000

Accounts Commission for Scotland: expenses and accounts

4.—(1) Despite the commencement of paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 4 to the 2000 Act (which modifies section 98 of the 1973 Act),–

(a) subsection (1) of section 98 of the 1973 Act (which makes provision about the expenses of the Accounts Commission), and any regulations made under that subsection, shall continue to have effect after the commencement of that paragraph as they had effect immediately before that time but only so far as may be necessary for the purpose of meeting any expenses of the Accounts Commission incurred before that time; and

(b) subsections (3) to (6) of that section (which make provision about the accounts of the Accounts Commission) shall continue to have effect after the commencement of that paragraph as they had effect immediately before that time, but–

(i) only in respect of the final financial year of the Accounts Commission and, for that purpose, the period from 1st November 1999 until 31st March 2000 inclusive shall be treated as the final financial year of the Commission; and

(ii) subject to the modifications in paragraph (2) of this article.

(2) Those modifications are–

(a) references in those subsections to each financial year and to the financial year last ended shall be read as if they were references to the final financial year of the Commission; and

(b) the reference in subsection (5) to 31st March in each year shall be read as if it were a reference to 31st October 2000.