The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2010

Made: 8th November 2010

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 10th November 2010

Coming into force: 20th December 2010

The Scottish Ministers reasonably believe that, in the case of a body or office‑holder specified in this Order, section23(3)(a) of that Act is satisfied, and in the case of a class of body or office‑holder specified in this Order, that section23(3)(b) of that Act is satisfied in relation to at least half of those in the class.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2010 and comes into force on 20th December 2010.

Specified bodies etc.

2

The bodies or office‑holders, and classes of bodies or office‑holders, listed in the Schedule to this Order, are specified under section23(2)(b) (bodies etc. specified for economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000.

Revocation

3

The Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2004[^f00002] is hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — BODIES OR OFFICE‑HOLDERS, AND CLASSES OF BODIES OR OFFICE‑HOLDERS, SPECIFIED UNDER SECTION 23(2)(b) OF THE PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY (SCOTLAND) ACT2000

• Bodies listed under the sub-heading “Institutions formerly eligible for funding by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council” in schedule2 (fundable bodies) to the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005[^f00003]

• Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (company numberSC001854)

• David MacBrayne Limited (company number SC015304)

• The Carbon Trust (company number04190230)

• Edinburgh World Heritage Trust (company numberSC195077)

• The Energy Saving Trust Limited (company number02622374)

• Forward Scotland (company numberSC232302)

• Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (company numberSC097647)

• The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute (company numberSC016190)

• Moredun Research Institute (company number SC149440)

• The Robert Gordon University

• Royal Society of Edinburgh

• The Scottish Agricultural College (company numberSC103046)

• The Scottish Crop Research Institute (company numberSC029367)

• Scottish Futures Trust Limited (company number SC348382)

• The Waste and Resources Action Programme (company number04125764)

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Executive — 8th November 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order specifies various bodies or office‑holders, and classes of bodies or office‑holders, in relation to which the Auditor General for Scotland may initiate examinations under section23(1) of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of the use of their resources in discharging their functions. It revokes the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified bodies etc.) Order 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/482).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 asp1.

[^f00002]: S.S.I. 2004/482.

[^f00003]: 2005 asp5; schedule2 was amended by S.S.I.2005/660, 2006/480, 2007/255 and 524, 2008/241 and 412.