Scottish Statutory Instruments
Public Finance And Accountability
Made
29th March 2023
Coming into force
30th March 2023
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 7(1) of the Budget (Scotland) Act 2022(1) and all other powers enabling them to do so.
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.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2022 Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 2023 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 2022.
2. In section 4 (overall cash authorisations) of the Act—
(a)for the amount specified in subsection (2) (the Scottish Administration), substitute “£50,569,623,000”,
(b)for the amount specified in subsection (3)(a) (the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£110,107,000”,
(c)for the amount specified in subsection (3)(b) (Audit Scotland), substitute “£11,172,000”.
3.—(1) The table in schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration) of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).
(2) In column 1 (purposes)—
(a)in relation to purpose 1, for “; the Care Inspectorate; sportscotland” substitute “for Scotland; Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland; the Scottish Sports Council;”,
(b)in relation to purpose 5 after “legal proceedings” omit “; costs relating to the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, including work on the consequences for the Scottish legal system, and continued security, law enforcement and criminal justice co-operation”.
(3) In column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources), for the amount specified—
(a)in relation to purpose 1, substitute “17,895,802,000”,
(b)in relation to purpose 2, substitute “18,002,225,000”,
(c)in relation to purpose 3, substitute “1,495,968,000”,
(d)in relation to purpose 4, substitute “4,004,146,000”,
(e)in relation to purpose 5, substitute “3,328,192,000”,
(f)in relation to purpose 6, substitute “4,141,133,000”,
(g)in relation to purpose 7, substitute “897,879,000”,
(h)in relation to purpose 8, substitute “271,038,000”,
(i)in relation to purpose 9, substitute “44,847,000”,
(j)in relation to purpose 10, substitute “194,513,000”,
(k)in relation to purpose 11, substitute “62,860,000”,
(l)in relation to purpose 13, substitute “5,234,000”,
(m)in relation to purpose 14, substitute “186,493,000”,
(n)in relation to purpose 16, substitute “7,721,000”,
(o)in relation to purpose 17, substitute “26,170,000”,
(p)in relation to purpose 18, substitute “6,966,062,000”,
(q)in relation to purpose 19, substitute “13,065,000”,
(r)in relation to purpose 20, substitute “2,101,000”,
(s)in the final row, in relation to the total amount of resources, substitute “57,551,182,000”.
(4) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified—
(a)in relation to purpose 10, substitute “3,000,000”,
(b)in relation to purpose 17, substitute “5,000,000”,
(c)in the final row, in relation to the total amount of resources, substitute “8,244,500,000”.
4.—(1) The table in schedule 2 (Direct-Funded Bodies) of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) In column 2 (amount of resources, other than accruing resources), for the amount specified—
(a)in relation to purpose 1, substitute “130,186,000”,
(b)in relation to purpose 2, substitute “17,037,000”.
(3) In column 3 (amount of accruing resources), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 2, substitute “25,000,000”.
TOM ARTHUR
Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
29th March 2023
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Budget (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the Act”).
Regulation 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 4 of the Act.
Regulation 3(2) amends purposes 1 and 5 in schedule 1 of the Act, for which the Scottish Ministers may use resources in the financial year 2022/23.
Regulation 3(3) amends the amounts of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 to 11, 13, 14 and 16 to 20 in schedule 1 of the Act. It also amends the total amount of resources for all the purposes in that schedule.
Regulation 3(4) amends the amounts of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 10 and 17 in schedule 1 of the Act. It also amends the total amount of accruing resources for all the purposes in that schedule.
Regulation 4(2) amends the amounts of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1 and 2 in schedule 2 of the Act.
Regulation 4(3) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purpose 2 in schedule 2 of the Act.
2022 asp 3, as amended by S.S.I. 2023/2.