The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2004

Made: 2nd November 2004

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 9th November 2004

Coming into force: 17th December 2004

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 23(2)(b) and (3) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000[^f00001], and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, reasonably believing that, in the case of a body or office holder specified in this Order, section 23(3)(a) of that Act is satisfied, and in the case of a class of body or office holder specified in this Order, that section 23(3)(b) of that Act is satisfied in relation to at least half of those in the class, hereby make the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 17th December 2004.

Specified bodies etc.

2

The bodies or office holders, and classes of bodies or office holders, listed in the Schedule to this Order, are specified under section 23(2)(b) (bodies etc. specified for economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.

Revocation

3

The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2002[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — BODIES OR OFFICE HOLDERS, AND CLASSES OF BODIES OR OFFICE HOLDERS, SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 23(2)(b) OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY (SCOTLAND) ACT 2000

• Architecture and Design Scotland (company number SC267870)

• Caledonian MacBrayne Limited (company number SC001854)

• The Carbon Trust (company number 04190230)

• Edinburgh World Heritage Trust (company number SC195077)

• The Energy Saving Trust Limited (company number 02622374)

• EventScotland Limited (company number SC246737)

• Forward Scotland (company number SC232302)

• Glasgow Conservation Trust West (company number SC123457)

• The Hannah Research Institute (company number SC016819)

• Higher education institutions, being institutions designated under section 44(2) of the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992[^f00003]

• Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (company number SC097647)

• Learning and Teaching Scotland (company number SC200241)

• Local enterprise companies, being companies with whom there is in force an agreement which has been made in pursuance of section 19 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990[^f00004] by Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise for the discharge by the company of any of the functions of Scottish Enterprise or, as the case may be, Highlands and Islands Enterprise

• The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (company number SC016190)

• Moredun Research Institute (company number SC149440)

• Quality Meat Scotland (company number SC205664)

• The Rowett Research Institute (company number SC037444)

• Royal Society of Edinburgh

• The Scottish Agricultural College (company number SC103046)

• The Scottish Crop Research Institute (company number SC029367)

• Scottish Screen (company number SC173976)

• Scottish UFI Limited (company number SC204868), operating as learndirect scotland

• The Waste and Resources Action Programme (company number 04125764)

Signed

TOM McCABE — A member of the Scottish Executive — 2nd November 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies various bodies or office holders, and classes of bodies or office holders, in relation to which the Auditor General for Scotland may initiate examinations under section 23(12) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the use of their resources in discharging their functions. It revokes the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2002 (S.S.I. 2002/77).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 asp 1.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2002/77.

[^f00003]: 1992 c. 37.

[^f00004]: 1990 c. 35.