Scottish Statutory Instruments
2018 No. 113
Public Finance And Accountability
The Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 Amendment Regulations 2018
Made 28th March 2018
Coming into force 29th March 2018

The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2017 asp 1, as amended by S.S.I. 2017/399.
In accordance with section 7(2) of that Act a draft of these Regulations has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 Amendment Regulations 2018 and come into force on the day after the day on which they are made.
(2) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017.

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) (the Scottish Administration), substitute “£34,708,594,000”; and
(b) in subsection (3)(b) (the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£85,209,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)
3. (1) The table in schedule 1 of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In column 2 (amount of resources (other than accruing resources)), for the amount specified—
(a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “274,342,000”;
(b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “98,599,000”;
(c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “13,559,253,000”;
(d) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “3,465,134,000”;
(e) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2,476,382,000”;
(f) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “356,254,000”;
(g) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “2,854,164,000”;
(h) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “11,019,674,000”;
(i) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “414,049,000”;
(j) in relation to purpose 10, substitute “4,568,545,000”;
(k) in relation to purpose 12, substitute “29,839,000”;
(l) in relation to purpose 13, substitute “113,065,000”;
(m) in relation to purpose 14, substitute “108,624,000”;
(n) in relation to purpose 16, substitute “4,040,000”;
(o) in relation to purpose 17, substitute “5,621,000”;
(p) in relation to purpose 18, substitute “15,868,000”; and
(q) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “39,561,043,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)
4. (1) The table in schedule 2 of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).
(2) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources)—
(a) for the amount specified in relation to purpose 1, substitute “68,578,000”;
(b) for the amount specified in relation to purpose 2, substitute “101,828,000”; and
(c) for the amount specified in relation to purpose 3, substitute “9,357,000”.

Amendment of schedule 3 (borrowing by statutory bodies)
5. In the table in schedule 3 (borrowing by statutory bodies), for the amount specified in relation to the fourth enactment, substitute “166,700,000”.
DEREK MACKAY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
28th March 2018

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 (“the Act”).
Regulation 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4(2) and (3)(b) of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
Regulation 3 amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 10, 12 to 14 and 16 to 18 in schedule 1 of the Act. It also amends the total amount of those resources for all the purposes in that schedule.
Regulation 4 amends the amount of resources other than accruing resources that may be used by each of the direct-funded bodies for certain purposes in schedule 2 of the Act.
Regulation 5 amends the amount that may be borrowed under the fourth enactment in schedule 3 of the Act.