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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-budget-scotland-act-2011-amendment-order-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "sdsi/2012/9780111016022",
  "legislation_title": "The Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 Amendment Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-budget-scotland-act-2011-amendment-order-2012",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the Budget (Scotland) Act 2011 (“the Act”).\nArticle 2 amends the overall cash authorisations specified in section 3 of the Act in relation to the Scottish Administration, the Forestry Commissioners, the Food Standards Agency and the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.\nArticle 3(2) amends purposes 3, 6 and 7A for which resources may be used in accordance with section 1 of, and schedule 1 to, the Act.\nArticle 3(3) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used for purposes 1 to 12 and 14 set out in schedule 1 to the Act and the total amount of resources for all of the purposes.\nArticle 3(4) amends the amount of accruing resources that may be used for purposes 1, 6 and 7 set out in schedule 1 to the Act and the total amount of resources for all of the purposes.\nArticle 4(a) amends the purposes for which resources may be used by Audit Scotland in accordance with section 2 of, and schedule 2 to, the Act.\nArticle 4(b) amends the amount of resources (other than accruing resources) that may be used by direct-funded bodies for purposes 1, 2 and 3 set out in schedule 2 to the Act.\nArticle 5 amends the amount specified in schedule 3 to the Act in relation to section 42 of the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (which makes provision as to net borrowing by Scottish Water).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2012/9780111016022/note",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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