The Budget (Scotland) Act 2012 Amendment Order 2012

Made: 12th December 2012

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

In accordance with section 7(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2012 Amendment Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

• (2) In this Order, “the 2012 Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2012.

Amendment of section 4 of the 2012 Act

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In section 4 (overall cash authorisations) of the 2012 Act—

• (a) in subsection (2), for “30,934,141,000 ” substitute “31,098,645,000”;

• (b) in subsection (3)(a), for “65,400,000” substitute “66,600,000”; and

• (c) in subsection (3)(d), for “6,471,000” substitute “6,986,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 to the 2012 Act

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• (1) The table in schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration) to the 2012 Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (6).

• (2) Omit purpose 9 and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3.

• (3) After purpose 15 and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3, insert—

• (4) In column 1 (purposes)—

• (a) in purpose 3—

• (i) for “Health, Wellbeing and Cities Strategy” substitute “Health and Wellbeing”; and

• (ii) for “and delivery” insert “; delivery and legacy”;

• (b) in purpose 6—

• (i) after “market support” insert “, including grants in relation to agriculture”;

• (ii) for “crofting communities; rural development,” substitute “grants for rural development; rural development generally;”;

• (iii) before “assistance to the Scottish fisheries sector” insert “grants and other”; and

• (iv) after “; rural affairs” insert “; support for crofting communities, including the crofting environment”; and

• (c) in purpose 7—

• (i) for “Infrastructure and Capital Investment” substitute “Infrastructure, Investment and Cities”;

• (ii) for “British Waterways Scotland” substitute “Scottish Canals”;

• (iii) omit “; Scottish Housing Regulator running costs”; and

• (iv) after “evaluation of European Structural Fund” insert “; expenditure on corporate and central services; expenditure in relation to the running costs of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland; expenditure on Protocol; expenditure on delivery of the welfare fund; provision for devolved taxes specified in Part4A of the Scotland Act 1998[^f00002], including collection and management”.

• (5) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources)—

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, for “207,190,000” substitute “213,740,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 2, for “441,376,000” substitute “465,376,000”;

• (c) in relation to purpose 3, for “11,773,298,000” substitute “11,766,308,000”;

• (d) in relation to purpose 4, for “2,668,954,000” substitute “2,753,823,000”;

• (e) in relation to purpose 5, for “1,819,880,000” substitute “1,790,896,000”;

• (f) in relation to purpose 6, for “458,726,000” substitute “459,279,000”;

• (g) in relation to purpose 7, for “2,392,393,000” substitute “2,502,755,000”;

• (h) in relation to purpose 8, for “10,441,206,000” substitute “10,464,406,000”;

• (i) in relation to purpose 10, for “2,766,054,000” substitute “2,713,817,000”;

• (j) in relation to purpose 11, for “214,700,000” substitute “221,144,000”;

• (k) in relation to purpose 12, for “22,040,000” substitute “22,940,000”;

• (l) in relation to purpose 13, for “108,100,000” substitute “108,800,000”;

• (m) in relation to purpose 14, for “77,341,000” substitute “77,242,000”; and

• (n) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, for “33,400,949,000” substitute “33,567,626,000”.

• (6) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources)—

• (a) in relation to purpose 4, for “177,000,000” substitute “179,000,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 11, for “26,600,000” substitute “18,200,000”; and

• (c) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, for “5,066,700,000” substitute “5,060,300,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 to the 2012 Act

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In the table in schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies) to the 2012 Act—

• (a) in column 1 (purpose), in purpose 4, after “public bodies” insert “; payment of pension to the former Auditor General for Scotland”; and

• (b) in column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources)—

• (i) in relation to purpose 1, for “65,500,000” substitute “66,700,000”; and

• (ii) in relation to purpose 4, for “6,973,000” substitute “7,488,000”.

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Government — 12th December 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2012 (“the Act”).

Article 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section4 of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners and Audit Scotland.

Article 3 (2) to (4) amends purposes 3, 6 and 7 for which resources may be used in accordance with section1 of, and schedule1 to, the Act, and also omits purpose 9 (and corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3) and inserts purpose 16 (and corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3).

Article 3 (5) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 8 and 10 to 14 in schedule1 to the Act. It also amends the total amount of resources (other than accruing resources) for all of the purposes in that schedule.

Article 3 (6) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 4 and 11 in schedule1 to the Act. It also amends the total amount of accruing resources for all of the purposes in that schedule.

Article 4 (a) amends the purposes for which resources may be used by Audit Scotland in accordance with section2 of, and schedule2 to, the Act.

Article 4 (b) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used by direct-funded bodies for purposes 1 and 4 in schedule 2 to the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2012 asp 2.

[^f00002]: 1998 c.46. Part4A has been inserted by sections23(2), 25(3), 28(1) and 30(1) of the Scotland Act 2012 (c.11).