Article 8 Receipts to be surrendered to the Consolidated Fund
The provisions of this article shall cease to apply when an order under section 64(5) (designation of receipts) comes into force or on 1st April 2000, whichever is the earlier.
Receipts of any description specified in paragraph (3) below, so far as they are payable into the Fund (or would be but for any provision made by or under this Order or any other subordinate legislation under section 129(1)), shall be designated receipts for the purposes of this article.
The specified descriptions of receipts are–
fines, forfeitures and fixed penalties;
dividends on public dividend capital, other than any public dividend capital of a National Health Service trust established under section 12A of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978f1;
interest, other than interest on any loan made to a National health Service trust mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) above; and
sums received from the European Social Fund in respect of training expenditure incurred by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, bodies established by section 1 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990f2.
In the period ending immediately before the principal appointed day, the Secretary of State shall make payments into the Consolidated Fund, at such times and by such methods as the Treasury may from time to time determine, of sums equal to the total amount then outstanding in respect of designated receipts.
From the principal appointed day, the Scottish Ministers shall make payments to the Secretary of State, at such times and by such methods as the Treasury may from time to time determine, of sums equal to the total amount then outstanding in respect of designated receipts.
Amounts required for the payment of sums under this article shall be charged on the Fund.
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1978 c. 29; section 12A was inserted by section 31 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990 (c. 19).
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