The Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) so as to—

(a) alter the overall cash authorisations in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners and Audit Scotland in section 3 of the Act (article 2);

(b) alter purposes 1 to 6 for which resources may be used in accordance with section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Act, add new purposes 6A and 7A and merge purposes 10 and 11 into a combined purpose 9A (articles 3(2) and (5));

(c) alter the amount of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 to 6, 9 and 12 set out in schedule 1 to the Act and the total of amount of resources for all of the purposes (article 3(3) and (5));

(d) alter the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 2 and 4 set out in schedule 1 to the Act and the total of amount of resources for all of the purposes (article 3(4) and (5)); and

(e) alter the amount of resources other than accruing resources of direct-funded bodies in schedule 2 to the Act in relation to purposes 1 and 4 (article 4).

The total amount of resources (other than accruing resources) allocated to the Scottish Administration for the financial year 2011/12 is increased by £90,221,000. The corresponding figure for accruing resources is increased by £37,300,000. Other changes to the purposes and amounts allocated within the Scottish Administration reflect changes in the Ministerial portfolios.

The main changes made as a result of changes to the Ministerial portfolios are that responsibility for the use of resources previously falling to the First Minister’s portfolio moves to the Culture and External Affairs portfolio, and responsibility for the use of some resources previously falling to the Finance and Sustainable Growth and Health and Wellbeing portfolios moves to a new Infrastructure and Capital Investment portfolio.