(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2008 (“the 2008 Act”), which makes provision for the financial year 2008/09, 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, this Order amends the 2008 Act so as to–

(a)

alter the overall cash authorisations in respect of the first and fifth bodies referred to in section 3 of the 2008 Act (article 2(2));

(b)

restate the purposes for which resources may be used in accordance with section 1 of and Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act (article 3(2)(a) to (f);

(c)

restate the amount of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for certain of the purposes set out in Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act (article 3(3)(a) to (l);

(d)

restate the amount of accruing resources in Schedule 1 to the 2008 Act in respect of the second, third and sixth type of accruing resources (article 3(4)(a) to (c);

(e)

add types of accruing resources in Parts 2, 4–6, and 8 of Schedule 2 to the 2008 Act which may be used (article 4(3) to (6) and (8);

(f)

alter the overall amounts of accruing resources in Parts 1, 4–7, and 9 of Schedule 2 to the 2008 Act which may be used by Portfolios without individual limit (article 4(2), (4) to (7), and (9);

(g)

alter in Schedule 3 to the 2008 Act in relation to the fourth directly funded body referred to therein the overall amount of resources other than accruing resources which may be used for the purposes specified (article 5); and

(h)

add in Schedule 5 to the 2008 Act the amount of borrowing allowed in terms of section 14(3) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (article 6).