The Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 Amendment Regulations 2017

Made: 21st November 2017

Coming into force: 22nd November 2017

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

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 Amendment Regulations 2017 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)

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

• (a) in subsection (2) (the Scottish Administration), substitute “£34,508,964,000”; and

• (b) in subsection (3)(a) (the Forestry Commissioners), substitute “£68,278,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)

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

• (2) In column 1 (purposes) in relation to purpose 3, after “integration” insert “outcomes framework”.

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

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “272,079,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “169,432,000”;

• (c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “13,227,886,000”;

• (d) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “3,442,662,000”;

• (e) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2, 481,095,000”;

• (f) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “355,755,000”;

• (g) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “2,768,428,000”;

• (h) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “11, 019,404,000”;

• (i) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “411,688,000”;

• (j) in relation to purpose 11, substitute “192,847,000”;

• (k) in relation to purpose 12, substitute “35,010,000”;

• (l) in relation to purpose 13, substitute “112,078,000”;

• (m) in relation to purpose 14, substitute “106,417,000”;

• (n) in relation to purpose 15, substitute “3,073,000”; and

• (o) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “39,146,505,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)

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• (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), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 1, substitute “68,378,000”.

Signed

DEREK MACKAY — A member of the Scottish Government — 21st November 2017

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 (“the Act”).

Regulation 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4(2) and (3)(a) of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration and the Forestry Commissioners.

Regulation 3(2) amends purpose 3 in schedule 1 of the Act.

Regulation 3(3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 9 and 11 to 15 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 the Forestry Commissioners for certain purposes in schedule 2 of the Act.

Footnotes

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