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Scotland Act 1998

Purpose and Effect

The purpose of this section is to make provision for a Scottish Consolidated Fund and for:

(a)

sums to be paid into the Fund by the Secretary of State from time to time, out of monies provided by Parliament (i.e. the Parliamentary grant);

(b)

sums received by an office-holder in the Scottish Administration to be paid into the Fund subject to any provision made by, or under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament for the disposal of, or accounting for, such sums;

(c)

sums to be paid to the Secretary of State, by the Scottish Ministers in respect of certain receipts designated by order of the Treasury, and for these sums to be charged on the Fund; and

(d)

the Fund to be held by the Paymaster General.

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