{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-treasury-and-lord-advocate-order-1981/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-treasury-and-lord-advocate-order-1981/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1981/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Treasury and Lord Advocate) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-functions-treasury-and-lord-advocate-order-1981",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Transfer of functions from Treasury to Lord Advocate",
  "text": "There are hereby transferred to the Lord Advocate, the following functions of the Treasury:—\n(a) all functions, whether under section 1 of the Public Revenue (Scotland) Act 1833 or otherwise, which relate to the ascertaining, ordering, issuing, allowing, paying, receiving, or auditing any sum or sums of money in respect of:—\n(i) the salaries of the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland;\n(ii) the salaries and expenses of the Lord Advocate's Department, the Crown Office and the Procurator Fiscal Service;\n(iii) the expenses and fees connected with Crown prosecutions in Scotland or with the provision of legal services in Scotland, whether for Government Departments or otherwise; and\n(b) all functions exercised in relation to the receipt and audit of fines and fixed penalties which are collected by the Clerk of the District Court and are payable into the Exchequer or Consolidated Fund.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "transfer of functions",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/678",
      "affecting_title": "The Transfer of Functions (Lord Advocate and Secretary of State) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1999/1042",
      "affecting_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.1) Order 1999"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/239/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T18:45:23.423761+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}