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      SCOTTISH STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

      2001 No. 7

      PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

      The Budget (Scotland) Act 2000 (Amendment) Order 2001

        Made 11th January 2001 
        Coming into force 12th January 2001 

      The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2000[1] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf hereby make the following Order, a draft of which has, in accordance with section 6(2) of that Act, been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament:

      Citation, commencement and interpretation
           1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2000 (Amendment) Order 2001 and shall come into force on the day following that on which it is made.

          (2) In this Order, "the 2000 Act" means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2000.

      Amendment of the 2000 Act
                 2.  - (1) The 2000 Act is amended as follows.

          (2) In section 4(1) (capital expenditure of local authorities etc.) for "£589,278,000" there is substituted "£626,571,000".

          (3) In schedule 1-

        (a) in column 1, in entry number 8 (Scottish Executive Secretariat), at the end there is added ";expenditure in connection with external relations initiatives"; and

        (b) the amounts specified in columns 2 and 4 are amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to this Order.

          (4) In schedule 2-

        (a) in Part 3 (Scottish Executive Education Department), at the end of the table there is inserted-

        5. Pensions contributions Expenditure on pensions"


      (b) in Part 5 (Scottish Executive Health Department), in column 1 of the table, in entry number 1, at the end there is added "; recovery of charges from patients, dispensing contractors and practitioners";

      (c) in Part 7 (Scottish Executive (Administration))-

        (i) for entry number 2 in the table there is substituted-

        2. Recoveries of salaries and other expenses of outward seconded and loaned staff; recoveries of salaries of staff assigned to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Agency (CICA) Expenditure on outward seconded and loaned staff and staff assigned to CICA"


         and

      (ii) for "£16,000,000" there is substituted "£20,000,000"; and

    (d) in Part 9 (Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland), in column 1 of the table, in each of entries numbers 1, 3 and 4, at the end there is added "; receipts from minor occupiers".

    (5) In schedule 3, the amounts specified in columns 2 and 4 are amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to this Order.


ANGUS MACKAY
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
11th January 2001



SCHEDULE 1
Article 2(3)(b)


AMENDMENTS TO AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 1 TO THE 2000 ACT


     1. In schedule 1 to the 2000 Act, in the entries specified in column 1 of the table below, for the amounts specified in relation to those entries in columns 2 and 4 of that schedule (and which amounts are, for convenience, shown in italics in columns 2 and 4 of the table) there are substituted the amounts (if any) specified in relation to those entries in columns 3 and 5 respectively of the table.

     2. Where no amount is specified in any entry in column 5 of the table, no amendment is made to the amount specified in the entry in column 4 of the schedule to which that entry relates.

Entry Number Existing amount New amount Existing amount which may be applied New amount which may be applied
1. (Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department) £490,983,000 £532,533,000 £34,854,000 £52,834,000
2. (Scottish Executive Development Department) £5,961,264,000 £6,095,025,000 £9,200,000 £79,053,000
3. (Scottish Executive Education Department) £838,391,000 £909,367,000 £1,300,000 -
4. (Scottish Executive Enterprise and Lifelong Learning Department) £1,988,294,000 £2,084,589,000 £24,713,000 -
5. (Scottish Executive Health Department) £4,684,767,000 £4,986,346,000 £4,100,000 -
6. (Scottish Executive Justice Department) £894,123,000 £944,925,000 £2,829,000 £2,761,000
7. (Scottish Executive Administration) £174,285,000 £187,813,000 £132,000 -
8. (Scottish Executive Secretariat) £6,638,000 £8,334,000 - -
9. (General Register Office for Scotland) £10,263,000 £12,133,000 - -
10. (National Archives of Scotland) £6,402,000 £6,659,000 £20,000 -
11. (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service) £49,793,000 £54,985,000 - -



SCHEDULE 2
Article 2(5)


AMENDMENTS TO AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE 3 TO THE 2000 ACT


     1. In schedule 3 to the 2000 Act, in the entries specified in column 1 of the table below, for the amounts specified in relation to those entries in columns 2 and 4 of that schedule (and which amounts are, for convenience, shown in italics in columns 2 and 4 of the table) there are substituted the amounts (if any) specified in relation to those entries in columns 3 and 5 respectively of the table.

     2. Where no amount is specified in any entry in column 5 of the table, no amendment is made to the amount specified in the entry in column 4 of the schedule to which that entry relates.

Entry Number Existing amount New amount Existing amount which may be applied New amount which may be applied
1. (Forestry Commissioners) £22,200,000 £30,700,000 £46,690,000 £43,690,000
2. (Food Standards Agency) £3,662,000 £5,162,000 - -
3. (Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body) £90,280,000 £109,684,000 - -
4. (Audit Scotland) £3,485,000[2] £4,200,000 £1,000 -

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2000, which makes provision, for financial year 2000/01, for payments out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund and the application of sums otherwise payable into that Fund, and for limits on the capital expenditure of and borrowing of local authorities and certain other public bodies. In particular, the Order amends that Act so as to-

    (a) increase the maximum amount for the purposes of section 94(5) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c.65) (which provides for limits on the amount of capital expenses which may be incurred by local authorities in any financial year) (article 2(2));

    (b) enable sums to be paid out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund for the purpose of meeting expenditure of the Scottish Ministers (through the Scottish Executive Secretariat) in connection with external relations initiatives (article 2(3)(a));

    (c) alter the maximum amounts which may be paid out of that Fund in connection with expenditure of the various parts of the Scottish Administration and of the Forestry Commissioners, the Food Standards Agency, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Audit Scotland, and the maximum amounts of receipts which may be applied in connection with their expenditure (article 2(3)(b), (4)(c)(ii) and (5));

    (d) specify further categories of receipts of certain parts of the Scottish Administration which may be applied to meet expenditure and the purposes for which they may be so applied (article 2(4)).

[1] 2000 asp 2. The 2000 Act was amended by the Budget (Scotland) Act 2000 (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.S.I. 2000/307).back

[2] The existing amount in column 2 of entry number 4 in schedule 3 to the 2000 Act was substituted by article 2(5) of S.S.I. 2000/307.back


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