The Budget (Scotland) Act 2001 (Amendment) Order 2002

Explanatory Note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”), which makes provision, for financial year 2001/02, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for authorising the use of resources, and for limits on the capital expenditure of and borrowing of local authorities and certain other public bodies. In particular, the Order amends that Act so as to–

(1) alter the overall cash authorisations for the purposes of section 4(2) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 1) (article 2(2));

(2) alter the maximum amount for the purposes of section 94(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) (which provides for limits on the amount of capital expenses which may be incurred by local authorities in any financial year) (article 2(3));

(3) amend the purposes for which resources may be used, in accordance with section 1 of and schedule 1 to the 2001 Act, by the Scottish Ministers through the Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department and the Scottish Executive Justice Department (articles 2(4)(a) and (b));

(4) alter the amounts of resources which may be used, in accordance with section 1 of and schedule 1 to the 2001 Act, by the Scottish Administration (article 2(4)(c));

(5) amend the types of accruing resource which may be used, in accordance with section 1 of and schedule 2 to the 2001 Act, by the Scottish Ministers through the Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department (article 2(5)(a));

(6) alter the overall amounts of accruing resources which may be used, in accordance with section 1 of and schedule 2 to the 2001 Act, by the Scottish Administration (article 2(5)(b));

(7) alter the amounts of resources which may be used, in accordance with section 2 of and schedule 3 to the 2001 Act, by the Forestry Commissioners (article 2(6)); and

(8) alter the overall amount of accruing resources which may be used, in accordance with section 2 of and schedule 3 to the 2001 Act, by the Forestry Commissioners (article 2(7)).