The Budget (Scotland) Act 2013 Amendment Order 2014

Made: 20th March 2014

Coming into force: 21st March 2014

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 2013 Amendment Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

• (2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2013.

Amendment of amounts specified in section 4 (overall cash authorisations)

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In section 4 of the Act, for the amount specified—

• (a) in subsection (2) (Scottish Administration), substitute “£31,956,931,000”;

• (b) in subsection (3)(a) (Forestry Commissioners), substitute “£70,031,000”; and

• (c) in subsection (3)(c) (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£71,989,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)

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• (1) The table in schedule 1 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified—

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “216,415,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “462,271,000”;

• (c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “12,004,657,000”;

• (d) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “3,017,863,000”;

• (e) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2,559,608,000”;

• (f) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “467,964,000”;

• (g) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “2,588,219,000”;

• (h) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “10,104,943,000”;

• (i) in relation to purpose 10, substitute “216,411,000”;

• (j) in relation to purpose 11, substitute “20,559,000”;

• (k) in relation to purpose 12, substitute “109,900,000”;

• (l) in relation to purpose 13, substitute “86,266,000”;

• (m) in relation to purpose 15, substitute “4,966,000”; and

• (n) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “34,530,670,000”.

• (3) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified—

• (a) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “1,700,000,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 11, substitute “9,700,000”; and

• (c) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “5,091,600,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)

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• (1) The table in schedule 2 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) In column 1 (purpose)—

• (a) in purpose 1 (Forestry Commissioners), for “grant in aid” substitute “grants”; and

• (b) in purpose 3 (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body)—

• (i) for the words from “the Commission” to “Commissioners for Scotland)”, substitute “the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland”; and

• (ii) after “People in Scotland;”, insert “payments to the Electoral Commission for costs associated with the Scottish independence referendum in 2014;”.

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

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “70,131,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “85,253,000”; and

• (c) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “7,637,000”.

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Government — 20th March 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2013 (“the Act”).

Article 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4(2) and (3) of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.

Article 3 (2) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 8, 10 to 13 and 15 in schedule 1 to the Act. It also amends the total amount of those resources for all the purposes in that schedule.

Article 3 (3) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 9 and 11 in schedule 1 to the Act. It also amends the total amount of those resources for all the purposes in that schedule.

Article 4 (2) amends purposes 1 and 3 for which resources may be used in accordance with section 2 of, and schedule 2 to, the Act.

Article 4 (3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used by the Forestry Commissioners, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Audit Scotland for certain purposes in schedule 2 to the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2013 asp 4; amended by S.S.I. 2013/328.