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

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2001 (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.

(2) In this Order, “the 2001 Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2001.

Amendment of the 2001 Act

2.—(1) The 2001 Act is amended as follows.

(2) In section 3 (overall cash authorisations) the amounts specified are amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Order.

(3) In section 5(1) (capital expenditure of local authorities etc.) for “£649,873,000” substitute “£646,165,000”.

(4) For schedule 1 substitute Schedule 2 to this Order.

(5) In schedule 2–

(a) in Part 1 (Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department), in the heading, for “SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE RURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT” substitute “SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT (formerly the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department)”;

(b) for Part 2 (Scottish Executive Development Department) substitute–

“PART 2 SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

Type of accruing resources	Purpose
Overall amount: £6,000,000”;
1.   Recoverable VAT; income from the sale of research results and publications; income from deemed hazardous substances consent; other minor miscellaneous income	Expenditure on miscellaneous Development Department programmes
2.   Rents from land and property; Erskine Bridge toll income; recoverable VAT; income from administering harbours orders	Expenditure on motorways and trunk roads; expenditure on miscellaneous costs in relation to ports and harbours
3.   Any sums accruing as a result of the dissolution of Scottish Transport Group	Payments to former members of Scottish Transport Group pensions schemes
4.   Recovery of unused grant from voluntary organisations	Expenditure on voluntary sector
5.   Capital sums accruing from Scottish Homes	Repayments of debt, including debt from Scottish Homes
6.   Recoverable VAT	Payment to Energy Action Grant Agency

(c) for Part 3 (Scottish Executive Education Department) substitute–

“PART 3 SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

Type of accruing resources	Purpose
Overall amount: £500,000”;
Recovery of costs from local authorities in respect of self-governing schools, pre-school education and recoverable VAT	Expenditure on education services

(d) in Part 7 (Scottish Executive (Administration))–

(i) for entry number 1 in the table substitute–

“1.   Payments from departments outwith the Scottish Executive for professional services; income from the Statistical Office of the European Union; discounts; recoveries of legal costs; income from payment for services and recovery of other costs; New Deal income; recoveries from the National Insurance Fund; repayments of loans made to members of staff for house purchase; rent from minor occupiers; recoverable VAT; European Fast Stream income

Scottish Executive core departments running costs”

• ; and

  (ii)

  for “14,000,000” substitute “20,000,000”; and

(e) after Part 9 insert–

“PART 9A SCOTTISH EXECUTIVE FINANCE AND CENTRAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT

Type of accruing resources	Purpose
Overall amount: £520,000,000”.
1.   Income from European Structural Funds	Expenditure on projects supported by European Union funding
2.   Income in respect of legal costs recovered by the Local Government Boundary Commission	Payments to the Local Government Boundary Commission
3.   Contributions in respect of teachers' and national health service superannuation	Expenditure on teachers' and national health service superannuation
4.   Administration charges in respect of services undertaken by the Scottish Public Pensions Agency; recoverable VAT	Running costs of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency
5.   Pensions contributions	Expenditure on pensions
6.   Recovery of grant awarded to councils under the Bellwin scheme covering floods, storms, and other emergencies	Expenditure on floods, storms and other emergencies

(6) In schedule 3, the amounts specified in column 2 are amended in accordance with Schedule 3 to this Order.

ANDREW P KERR

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

19th December 2001