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Scottish Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 434
Public Finance And Accountability
The Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 Amendment Regulations 2015
Made
16th December 2015
Coming into force
17th December 2015
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
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
1.-(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 Amendment Regulations 2015 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 2015.
Amendment of amounts specified in section 4 (overall cash authorisations)
2. In section 4 of the Act, for the amount specified-
(a)in subsection (2) (Scottish Administration), substitute "£33,438,162,000";
(b)in subsection (3)(a) (Forestry Commissioners), substitute "£61,260,000"; and
(c)in subsection (3)(b) (the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute "£77,633,000".
Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)
3.-(1) The table in schedule 1 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In column 1 (purposes), in relation to purpose 8, delete "; telecommunications infrastructure".
(3) In column 2 (amount of resources (other than accruing resources)), for the amount specified-
(a)in relation to purpose 1, substitute "219,448,000";
(b)in relation to purpose 2, substitute "596,113,000";
(c)in relation to purpose 3, substitute "12,428,696,000";
(d)in relation to purpose 4, substitute "2,994,086,000";
(e)in relation to purpose 5, substitute "2,472,390,000";
(f)in relation to purpose 6, substitute "497,760,000";
(g)in relation to purpose 7, substitute "2,214,335,000";
(h)in relation to purpose 8, substitute "11,567,760,000";
(i)in relation to purpose 9, substitute "270,298,000";
(j)in relation to purpose 11, substitute "197,391,000";
(k)in relation to purpose 12, substitute "23,325,000";
(l)in relation to purpose 14, substitute "92,420,,000";
(m)in relation to purpose 16, substitute "4,089,000";
(n)in relation to purpose 17, substitute "4,619,000"; and
(o)in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute "37,250,548,000".
Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)
4.-(1) The table in schedule 2 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 in relation to purpose 1, substitute "61,360,000".
(3) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 1, substitute "30,000,000".
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
16th December 2015
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2015 ("the Act").
Regulation 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.
Regulation 3(2) amends purpose 8 in Schedule 1 to the Act.
Regulation 3(3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 9, 11, 12, 14, 16 and 17 in schedule 1 to 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 to the Act. It also amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used by the Forestry Commissioners.