The Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 Amendment Regulations 2018

Made: 28th March 2018

Coming into force: 29th March 2018

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

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• (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 Amendment Regulations 2018 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 2017.

Amendment of amounts specified in section 4 (overall cash authorisations)

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In section 4 of the Act, for the amount specified—

• (a) in subsection (2) (the Scottish Administration), substitute “£34,708,594,000”; and

• (b) in subsection (3)(b) (the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£85,209,000”.

Amendment of schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration)

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

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

• (a) in relation to purpose 1, substitute “274,342,000”;

• (b) in relation to purpose 2, substitute “98,599,000”;

• (c) in relation to purpose 3, substitute “13,559,253,000”;

• (d) in relation to purpose 4, substitute “3,465,134,000”;

• (e) in relation to purpose 5, substitute “2,476,382,000”;

• (f) in relation to purpose 6, substitute “356,254,000”;

• (g) in relation to purpose 7, substitute “2,854,164,000”;

• (h) in relation to purpose 8, substitute “11,019,674,000”;

• (i) in relation to purpose 9, substitute “414,049,000”;

• (j) in relation to purpose 10, substitute “4,568,545,000”;

• (k) in relation to purpose 12, substitute “29,839,000”;

• (l) in relation to purpose 13, substitute “113,065,000”;

• (m) in relation to purpose 14, substitute “108,624,000”;

• (n) in relation to purpose 16, substitute “4,040,000”;

• (o) in relation to purpose 17, substitute “5,621,000”;

• (p) in relation to purpose 18, substitute “15,868,000”; and

• (q) in the final row, in relation to the total amounts of resources, substitute “39,561,043,000”.

Amendment of schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies)

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

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

• (a) for the amount specified in relation to purpose 1, substitute “68,578,000”;

• (b) for the amount specified in relation to purpose 2, substitute “101,828,000”; and

• (c) for the amount specified in relation to purpose 3, substitute “9,357,000”.

Amendment of schedule 3 (borrowing by statutory bodies)

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In the table in schedule 3 (borrowing by statutory bodies), for the amount specified in relation to the fourth enactment, substitute “166,700,000”.

Signed

DEREK MACKAY — A member of the Scottish Government — 28th March 2018

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2017 (“the Act”).

Regulation 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4(2) and (3)(b) of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.

Regulation 3 amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 10, 12 to 14 and 16 to 18 in schedule 1 of 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 each of the direct-funded bodies for certain purposes in schedule 2 of the Act.

Regulation 5 amends the amount that may be borrowed under the fourth enactment in schedule 3 of the Act.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2017 asp 1, as amended by S.S.I. 2017/399.