Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 7(2) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2013, for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

2013 No.

Public Finance And Accountability

The Budget (Scotland) Act 2013 Amendment Order 2013

Made2013

Coming into force2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 20131 and all other powers enabling them to do so.

In accordance with section 7(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2013 Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2

In this Order, “the Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2013.

Amendment of amounts specified in section 4 (overall cash authorisations)2

In section 4 of the Act, for the amount specified—

a

in subsection (2) (Scottish Administration), substitute “£32,004,084,000”;

b

in subsection (3)(a) (Forestry Commissioners), substitute “£69,031,000”; and

c

in subsection (3)(d) (Audit Scotland), substitute “£7,005,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)3

1

The table in schedule 1 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

2

In column 1 (purposes)—

a

in purpose 5, for “in relation to community safety and antisocial behaviour” substitute “to create safer and stronger communities”; and

b

in purpose 7—

i

for “a pilot of a road equivalent tariff” substitute “road equivalent tariff fares”;

ii

before “registered social landlords” insert “local authorities and”;

iii

after “Derelict Land Fund;” insert “loans to organisations;”;

iv

after “Prosecution in Scotland” insert “, the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser and the Office of the Chief Statistician”; and

v

after “Protocol;” insert “costs associated with referenda; expenditure on strategic communications with various audiences;”.

3

In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified—

a

in relation to purpose 1, substitute “211,917,000”;

b

in relation to purpose 2, substitute “468,111,000”;

c

in relation to purpose 3, substitute “12,022,040,000”;

d

in relation to purpose 4, substitute “2,968,794,000”;

e

in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2,490,280,000”;

f

in relation to purpose 6, substitute “493,270,000”;

g

in relation to purpose 7, substitute “2,676,504,000”;

h

in relation to purpose 8, substitute “10,103,843,000”;

i

in relation to purpose 9, substitute “2,667,578,000”;

j

in relation to purpose 10, substitute “207,067,000”; and

k

in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “34,525,360,000”.

4

In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified—

a

in relation to purpose 1, substitute “40,000,000”;

b

in relation to purpose 11, substitute “8,500,000”; and

c

in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “5,065,400,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)4

In schedule 2 to the Act, in column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 1 (Forestry Commissioners) substitute “69,131,000”.

NameA member of the Scottish GovernmentSt Andrew’s House,EdinburghDate

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2013 (“the Act”).

Article 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4(2) and (3) of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners and Audit Scotland.

Article 3(2) amends purposes 5 and 7 for which resources may be used in accordance with section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Act.

Article 3(3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 10 in schedule 1 to the Act. It also amends the total amount of those resources for all the purposes in that schedule.

Article 3(4) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 and 11 in schedule 1 to the Act. It also amends the total amount of those resources for all the purposes in that schedule.

Article 4 amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used by the Forestry Commissioners for certain purposes in schedule 2 to the Act.