Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”).

This Order amends the 2009 Act so as to—

(a)

alter the overall cash authorisations in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body and Audit Scotland in section 3 of the 2009 Act (article 2);

(b)

alter the second purpose of schedule 1 to the 2009 Act by adding “third sector resilience fund” to it (article 3(2));

(c)

restate the amount of resources other than accruing resources that may be used for certain of the purposes set out in schedule 1 to the 2009 Act (article 3(3));

(d)

restate the amount of accruing resources set out in schedule 1 to the 2009 Act in respect of the fourth to sixth purposes of accruing resources (article 3(4));

(e)

alter the overall amount of accruing resources in Parts 1, 4, 7 and 11 of schedule 2 to the 2009 Act which may be used by portfolios without individual limit (article 4); and

(f)

alter the amount of resources other than accruing resources of direct-funded bodies in schedule 3 to the 2009 Act in relation to the first and fourth purposes (article 5(2)).