The Budget (Scotland) Act 2014 Amendment Order 2014

Made: 15th December 2014

Coming into force: 16th December 2014

In accordance with section 7(2) of that Act, a draft of this Order has 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 2014 Amendment Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

• (2) In this Order, “the Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2014.

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 “£32,476,011,000”; and

• (b) in subsection (3)(a) (Forestry Commissioners), substitute “£63,000,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)

3

• (1) The table in schedule 1 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).

• (2) In column 1 (purposes)—

• (a) in relation to purpose 3, delete “; sportscotland; delivery and legacy of the 2014 Commonwealth Games; expenditure relating to equality issues”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 4, delete “Skills Development Scotland” and “funding activities for young people to develop skills in connection with training and work;”;

• (c) in relation to purpose 5, add at end “; expenditure in relation to the running costs of Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland”;

• (d) in relation to purpose 6, after “Rural Affairs” insert “, Food”;

• (e) in relation to purpose 7, after “expenditure in relation to the running costs of” delete “Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prosecution in Scotland,”;

• (f) after purpose 15, add two new purposes—

(16) Through their Commonwealth Games, Sport, Equalities and Pensioners’ Rights portfolio, for use by Scottish Ministers on: sportscotland; delivery and legacy of the 2014 Commonwealth Games; expenditure relating to equality issues. (17) Through their Training, Youth and Women’s Employment portfolio, for use by Scottish Ministers on: grant in aid for Skills Development Scotland; funding activities for young people to develop skills in connection with training and work.

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

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “195,417,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “471,261,000”;

• (c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “12,031,738,000”;

• (d) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “2,814,840,000”;

• (e) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2,468,868,000”;

• (f) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “516,797,000”;

• (g) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “2,931,099,000”;

• (h) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “10,353,253,000”;

• (i) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “3,589,344,000”;

• (j) in relation to purpose 10, substitute “198,697,000”;

• (k) in relation to added purpose 16, insert “230,234,000”;

• (l) in relation to added purpose 17, insert “250,673,000”; and

• (m) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “36,260,060,000”.

• (4) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified—

• (a) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “2,000,000,000”;

• (b) in relation to added purpose 16, insert “10,000,000”;

• (c) in relation to added purpose 17, insert “nil”; and

• (d) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “5,401,700,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)

4

• (1) The table in schedule 2 to the Act is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

• (2) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 1, substitute “63,100,000”.

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Government — 15th December 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2014 (“the Act”).

Article 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4(2) and (3) of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration and the Forestry Commissioners.

Article 3 (2) amends the purposes in purposes 3 to 7, and adds two new purposes 16 and 17.

Article 3 (3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 10 and added purposes 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.

Article 3 (4) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purpose 9 and added purposes 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.

Article 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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2014 asp 6.