The Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2011

Made: 6th December 2011

Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)

In accordance with section 7(2)[^f00002] of that Act, a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Citation, commencement and interpretation

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

• (2) In this Order, “the 2011 Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011.

Amendment of section 3 of the 2011 Act

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In section 3 (overall cash authorisations) of the 2011 Act—

• (a) in paragraph (a) (Scottish Administration), for “£30,179,474,000” substitute “£30,704,780,000”;

• (b) in paragraph (b) (Forestry Commissioners), for “£71,400,000” substitute “£65,900,000”; and

• (c) in paragraph (e) (Audit Scotland), for “£6,525,000” substitute “£7,470,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 to the 2011 Act

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• (1) Schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration) to the 2011 Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

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

• (a) in purpose 1—

• (i) for “(through the First Minister’s portfolio)” substitute “(through their Culture and External Affairs portfolio)”;

• (ii) omit “, including the Gaelic language”; and

• (iii) omit the words from “; expenditure on corporate and central services” to the end;

• (b) in purpose 2—

• (i) for “(through their Finance and Sustainable Growth portfolio)” substitute “(through their Finance, Employment and Sustainable Growth portfolio)”;

• (ii) omit the words from “; support for the running costs of Scottish Futures Trust Limited” to “water grants, including to the Water Industry Commission for Scotland”;

• (iii) for “Regional Selective Assistance, including Innovation and Investment grants” substitute “industry and technology grants”;

• (iv) omit the words from “; telecommunications infrastructure” to “costs of delivery and evaluation of European Structural Fund”; and

• (v) at the end, insert “; the Accountant in Bankruptcy”;

• (c) in purpose 3, omit the words from “; housing subsidies and guarantees” to “Vacant and Derelict Land Fund”;

• (d) in purpose 4—

• (i) after “educational research, development and promotion” insert “; Gaelic language”; and

• (ii) for the words from “; funding of the Additional Support Needs Tribunals” to “Social Work Inspection Agency” substitute “; funding of Education Scotland, HM Inspectors of Education, Social Work Inspection Agency, Disclosure Scotland and Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland”;

• (e) in purpose 5, omit “; the Accountant in Bankruptcy”; and

• (f) in purpose 6, after “climate change activities” insert “, including the Land Managers’ Renewables Fund”.

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

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, for “241,869,000” substitute “209,134,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 2, for “2,216,943,000” substitute “432,095,000”;

• (c) in relation to purpose 3, for “12,286,920,000” substitute “11,709,223,000”;

• (d) in relation to purpose 4, for “2,584,170,000” substitute “2,640,330,000”;

• (e) in relation to purpose 5, for “1,734,952,000” substitute “1,726,482,000”;

• (f) in relation to purpose 6, for “462,426,000” substitute “484,648,000”;

• (g) in relation to purpose 9, for “10,482,132,000” substitute “10,544,803,000”; and

• (h) in relation to purpose 12, for “3,230,367,000” substitute “2,982,549,000”.

• (4) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources) of the table—

• (a) in relation to purpose 2, for “186,000,000” substitute “10,000,000”; and

• (b) in relation to purpose 4, for “174,000,000” substitute “177,000,000”.

• (5) In the table—

• (a) after purpose 6 and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3 insert—

• (b) after purpose 7 and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3 insert—

• (c) for purposes 10 and 11 and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3 substitute—

• (d) for columns 1 to 3 of the final row substitute—

Amendment of schedule 2 to the 2011 Act

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In schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies) to the 2011 Act, in column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources)—

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, for “71,500,000” substitute “66,000,000”; and

• (b) in relation to purpose 4, for “7,070,000” substitute “8,015,000”.

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Executive — 6th December 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”) so as to—

• (a) alter the overall cash authorisations in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners and Audit Scotland in section3 of the Act (article2);

• (b) alter purposes 1 to 6 for which resources may be used in accordance with section1 of, and schedule1 to, the Act, add new purposes 6A and 7A and merge purposes 10 and 11 into a combined purpose 9A (articles 3(2) and (5));

• (c) alter the amount of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 to 6, 9 and 12 set out in schedule1 to the Act and the total of amount of resources for all of the purposes (article3(3) and (5));

• (d) alter the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 2 and 4 set out in schedule1 to the Act and the total of amount of resources for all of the purposes (article3(4) and (5)); and

• (e) alter the amount of resources other than accruing resources of direct-funded bodies in schedule2 to the Act in relation to purposes 1 and 4 (article4).

The total amount of resources (other than accruing resources) allocated to the Scottish Administration for the financial year 2011/12 is increased by £90,221,000. The corresponding figure for accruing resources is increased by £37,300,000. Other changes to the purposes and amounts allocated within the Scottish Administration reflect changes in the Ministerial portfolios.

The main changes made as a result of changes to the Ministerial portfolios are that responsibility for the use of resources previously falling to the First Minister’s portfolio moves to the Culture and External Affairs portfolio, and responsibility for the use of some resources previously falling to the Finance and Sustainable Growth and Health and Wellbeing portfolios moves to a new Infrastructure and Capital Investment portfolio.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2011 asp 4.

[^f00002]: Section7(2) has been modified by paragraph5 of schedule3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp10).