The Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024

Made: 22nd March 2024

Coming into force: 23rd March 2024

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 2023 Amendment Regulations 2024 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 2023.

Amendment of amounts specified in section 4

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

• (a) for the amount specified in subsection (2) (the Scottish Administration), substitute “£52,607,367,000”,

• (b) for the amount specified in subsection (3)(a) (the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£117,709,000”,

• (c) for the amount specified in subsection (3)(b) (Audit Scotland), substitute “£11,152,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1

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• (1) Schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration) of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

• (2) In column 1 (purposes) of the table—

• (a) in relation to purpose 2—

• (i) after “relating to housing;” insert “funding for the Scottish Fuel Poverty Advisory Panel;”,

• (ii) after “social landlords;” insert “funding the operation of the Scottish Housing Regulator so that it can meet its statutory objectives;”,

• (iii) for “participatory budgeting;” substitute “assessment and remediation of certain types of buildings with unsafe cladding; development of a register to document the assessment and completion of remediation of unsafe cladding and to establish one or more schemes to require developers to contribute towards such assessment and remediation;”,

• (b) in relation to purpose 4, for “for employment support programmes” substitute “to support people and businesses to develop and apply their skills”,

• (c) in relation to purpose 9—

• (i) after “local government governance;” insert “supporting the delivery of statutory functions for Ministerial oversight of the Planning system; supporting regeneration policy and targeted investment to tackle inequalities and support inclusive economic development;”,

• (ii) for “performance, delivery and resilience” substitute “strategy, performance and delivery”,

• (iii) omit “funding of a strategy function which supports effective policy across the organisation;”.

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

• (a) for the amount specified—

• (i) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “19,073,727,000”,

• (ii) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “6,674,486,500”,

• (iii) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “1,323,973,000”,

• (iv) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “5,174,359,770”,

• (v) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “3,367,491,000”,

• (vi) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “4,068,650,000”,

• (vii) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “1,146,282,000”,

• (viii) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “272,456,000”,

• (ix) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “12,946,416,000”,

• (x) in relation to purpose 10, substitute “209,493,000”,

• (xi) in relation to purpose 11, substitute “32,535,000”,

• (xii) in relation to purpose 13, substitute “5,413,000”,

• (xiii) in relation to purpose 14, substitute “197,503,000”,

• (xiv) in relation to purpose 15, substitute “2,459,000”,

• (xv) in relation to purpose 17, substitute “23,220,000”,

• (xvi) in relation to purpose 18, substitute “3,760,809,000”,

• (xvii) in relation to purpose 19, substitute “11,126,000”,

• (xviii) in relation to purpose 20, substitute “3,553,000”,

• (b) in the final row, in relation to the total amount of resources, substitute “58,308,024,270”.

Amendment of schedule 2

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• (1) The table in schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies) 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—

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “132,890,000”,

• (b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “18,500,000”.

Signed

TOM ARTHUR — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 22nd March 2024

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 (“the Act”).

Regulation 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4 of the Act.

Regulation 3(2) amends purposes 2, 4 and 9 in schedule 1 of the Act for which the Scottish Ministers may use resources in the financial year 2023/24.

Regulation 3(3) amends the amounts of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 to 15 and 17 to 20 in schedule 1 of the Act. It also amends the total amount of resources for all the purposes in that schedule.

Regulation 4 amends the amount of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 and 2 in schedule 2 of the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2023 asp 2, as amended by S.S.I. 2023/357.