The Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 Amendment Order 2003

Explanatory Note

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2003 (“the Act”), which makes provision, for Financial Year 2003/04, 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 the Act so as to–

(a) alter for the purposes of section 4(2) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000, the overall cash authorisations for Financial Year 2003/04 as regards the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;

(b) re-state the amounts of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 to 9 and 11 set out in column 1 of schedule 1 to the Act; and

(c) re-state in schedule 3 to the Act the amount of resources other than accruing resources which the first, third and fourth named directly funded bodies referred to therein may use for the purposes specified therein.