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Scottish Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 107

PUBLIC FINANCE AND ACCOUNTABILITY

The Budget (Scotland) Act 2007 Amendment Order 2008

Made

4th March 2008

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2007(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.

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 2007 Amendment Order 2008 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(2) In this Order, “the 2007 Act” means the Budget (Scotland) Act 2007.

Amendment of section 3 of the 2007 Act

2.—(1) Section 3 of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2007 is amended in accordance with paragraph (2).

(2) In section 3 (overall cash authorisations)–

(a) in relation to the Scottish Administration, for “£26,639,917,000” substitute “£26,853,677,000”;

(b) in relation to the Forestry Commissioners, for “£77,649,000” substitute “£74,649,000”;

(c) in relation to the Food Standards Agency, for “£10,671,000” substitute “£10,196,000”; and

(d) in relation to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, for “£82,872,000” substitute “£81,372,000”.

Amendment of Schedule 1 to the 2007 Act

3.—(1) Schedule 1 to the 2007 Act (the Scottish Administration) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5).

(2) In column 1 (purpose)–

(a) in relation to the third purpose, after “Enterprise in Education” insert “More Choices. More Chances; Skills Development; English for speakers of other languages;”; and

(b) in relation to the tenth purpose, after “and other bodies and organisations;” insert “Tourism;”.

(3) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources)–

(a) in relation to the first purpose, for “£987,452,000” substitute “£1,026,166,000”;

(b) in relation to the second purpose, for “£9,931,474,000” substitute “£9,969,520,000”;

(c) in relation to the third purpose, for “£3,217,882,000” substitute “£3,194,772,000”;

(d) in relation to the sixth purpose, for “£1,680,470,000” substitute “£1,595,256,000”;

(e) in relation to the seventh purpose, for “£252,886,000” substitute “£262,479,000”;

(f) in relation to the eighth purpose, for “£12,599,000” substitute “£13,061,000”;

(g) in relation to the ninth purpose, for “£12,768,000” substitute “£11,768,000”;

(h) in relation to the tenth purpose, for “£11,580,893,000” substitute “£11,762,245,000”;

(i) in relation to the twelfth purpose, for “£100,579,000” substitute “£101,114,000”;

(j) in relation to the thirteenth purpose, for “£3,600,000” substitute “£3,030,000”; and

(k) in relation to the fourteenth purpose, for “£254,173,000” substitute “£257,120,000”.

(4) In column 3 (type of accruing resources), in relation to the tenth purpose for “Tay Bridge Joint Board” substitute “Tay Road Bridge Joint Board”; and insert at end “repayment of public dividend capital”.

(5) In column 4 (amount of accruing resources)–

(a) in relation to the second purpose, for “£15,000,000” substitute “£301,000,000”;

(b) in relation to the third purpose, for “£65,000,000” substitute “£70,000,000”;

(c) in relation to the tenth purpose, for “£6,000,000” substitute “£30,300,000”; and

(d) in relation to the twelfth purpose, for “£100” substitute “£500,000”.

Amendment of Schedule 2 to the 2007 Act

4.—(1) Schedule 2 to the 2007 Act (accruing resources of the Scottish Administration which may be used without individual limit) is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (9).

(2) In Part 1 in column 1 at end of item 7 insert “Landfill Allowance penalties and contributions towards the Scottish Coastal Forum”.

(3) In Part 2 for the overall amount of “£1,626,800” substitute “£3,032,900,000”.

(4) In Part 3, for the overall amount of “£75,500,000” substitute “£85,800,000”.

(5) In Part 7, for the overall amount of “£14,800,000” substitute “£22,200,000”.

(6) In Part 8, for the overall amount of “£5,500,000” substitute “£5,200,000”.

(7) In Part 10 after item 13 with corresponding purpose, insert–

14.  Income from EU Commission in respect of reclaim of administration costs for Intermediate Administration Bodies

Expenditure on the administration of Intermediate Administration Bodies

15.  Income from repayment of public dividend capital

Expenditure on Finance and Sustainable Growth programmes.

(8) In Part 12, for the overall amount of “£275,000” substitute “£600,000”.

(9) In Part 13, for the overall amount of “£25,005,000” substitute “£28,500,000”.

Amendment of Schedule 3 to the 2007 Act

5.  In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources) of Schedule 3 to the 2007 Act (direct funded bodies)–

(a) in relation to the first purpose, for “£101,402,000” substitute “£98,402,000”;

(b) in relation to the second purpose, for “£10,771,000” substitute “£10,296,000”; and

(c) in relation to the third purpose, for “£98,234,000” substitute “£96,734,000”.

Amendment of Schedule 4 to the 2007 Act

6.  In Schedule 4 to the 2007 Act (accruing resources of direct-funded bodies which may be used without individual limit), in Part 1 for the overall amount of “£6,100,000” substitute “£4,100,000”.

Amendment of Schedule 5 to the 2007 Act

7.  In Schedule 5 to the 2007 Act (borrowing by certain statutory bodies), in respect of the amount of borrowing in respect of Scottish Water in terms of section 42 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002, for “£230,800,000” substitute “£275,500,000”.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

4th March 2008

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2007 asp 9 as amended by S.S.I. 2007/551. Back [1]