Public Finance And Accountability Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2024 Amendment Regulations 2024 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 2024. Amendment of amounts specified in section 4 2 In section 4 (overall cash authorisations) of the Act— a for the amount specified in subsection (2) (the Scottish Administration), substitute “£55,915,390,000” , b for the amount specified in subsection (3)(b) (Audit Scotland), substitute “£12,594,000” . Amendment of schedule 1 3 1 Schedule 1 (The Scottish Administration) of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). 2 In column 1 (purposes) of the table— a in relation to purpose 3— i omit “Wellbeing Economy,”, ii for the words from “expenditure on committees” to “support for inward trade and investment and exports;”, substitute “support of offshore wind supply chain opportunities;” , iii omit “Fuel Insecurity Fund; support of offshore wind supply chain opportunities;”, iv for “circular economy strategy”, substitute “more circular economy” , v omit “other environmental expenditure;”, vi for “coastal protection;”, substitute “improvements to the water environment;” , vii omit “the National Park authorities;”, viii omit “; the Green Jobs Fund; the Green Growth Accelerator”, b in relation to purpose 4— i omit “the Gaelic language; Bòrd na Gàidhlig; Gaelic Media Service (MG Alba); the Scots language;”, ii omit “running costs of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry;”, iii for “financial redress for survivors of child abuse in care; central government grants to local authorities for Gaelic education,”, substitute “supporting Children’s Services planning and reform; central government grants to local authorities for” , iv for “Administration, Scottish”, substitute “Administration and Scottish” , v omit “and Redress Scotland”, vi omit “activities associated with the Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland and the Scottish Science Advisory Council, and”, c in relation to purpose 7, after “land” where it last occurs insert “; the National Park authorities” , d in relation to purpose 9— i for “Deputy First Minister and Finance”, substitute “Finance and Local Government” , ii after “expenditure” where it first occurs insert “, funding” , iii omit “funding to support the central performance, delivery and resilience functions of the Scottish Government; funding to support electoral administration; funding of Boundaries Scotland;”, iv omit “running costs of the Scottish COVID-19 public inquiry as well as costs of responding to both the Scottish and UK inquiries;”, v omit “funding of a strategy function which supports effective policy across the Scottish Government;”, vi after “for Scotland” insert “; the operation of the planning system to manage the development and use of land in the long term public interest together with implementing improvements to build capacity in the system.” , e after purpose 10 insert— 10A Through their Deputy First Minister, Economy and Gaelic portfolio, for use by the Scottish Ministers on: operational and administrative costs; expenditure on committees, commissions and other portfolio services; support for Growth Accelerator programme; grant in aid for Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and South of Scotland Enterprise; industry, innovation, entrepreneurship and technology/digital grants and support for low carbon economy; sundry enterprise-related activities; expenditure in relation to the running costs of the Office of the Chief Economic Adviser; grant in aid for the Scottish National Investment Bank; European Structural Fund grants to the Enterprise Networks, local authorities, further and higher education institutions, third sector bodies and other eligible bodies and organisations; costs of delivery and evaluation of European Structural Fund; funding for employment support, learning opportunities, workforce development and supporting fair work principles; funding for City and Regional Growth Deals; support for Ferguson Marine; VisitScotland; tourism; digital and broadband connectivity; support for inward trade and investment and exports; the Gaelic language; Bòrd na Gàidhlig; Gaelic Media Service (MG Alba); the Scots language; funding of a strategy function which supports effective policy-making across the Scottish Government; running costs of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry; grant in aid for Redress Scotland; financial redress for survivors of child abuse in care; central government grants to local authorities for Gaelic education; activities associated with the Chief Scientific Adviser for Scotland and the Scottish Science Advisory Council; funding to support the central performance, delivery and resilience functions of the Scottish Government; funding to support electoral administration; funding of Boundaries Scotland; running costs of the Scottish COVID-19 public inquiry as well as costs of responding to both the Scottish and UK inquiries. . 3 In column 2 (amount of resources, other than accruing resources (£)) of the table— a for the amount specified— i in relation to purpose 1, substitute “19,707,042,000” , ii in relation to purpose 2, substitute “7,321,414,000” , iii in relation to purpose 3, substitute “751,009,000” , iv in relation to purpose 4, substitute “4,537,774,000” , v in relation to purpose 5, substitute “3,596,197,000” , vi in relation to purpose 6, substitute “3,656,851,000” , vii in relation to purpose 7, substitute “1,099,984,000” , viii in relation to purpose 8, substitute “281,153,000” , ix in relation to purpose 9, substitute “13,989,516,000” , x in relation to purpose 10, substitute “225,405,000” , xi in relation to added purpose 10A, insert “1,414,890,000” , xii in relation to purpose 11, substitute “35,113,000” , xiii in relation to purpose 14, substitute “190,252,000” , xiv in relation to purpose 17, substitute “23,433,000” , xv in relation to purpose 18, substitute “3,422,406,000” , xvi in relation to purpose 20, substitute “2,920,000” , xvii in relation to purpose 21, substitute “4,073,000” , b in the final row, in relation to the total amount of resources, substitute “60,292,330,000” . 4 In column 3 (amount of accruing resources (£)), for the amount specified— a in relation to added purpose 10A, insert “150,000,000” , b in the final row, in relation to the total of amounts of resources, substitute “8,794,500,000” . Amendment of schedule 2 4 In schedule 2 (Direct-Funded Bodies) of the Act, in the table, in column 2 (amount of resources other than accruing resources (£)), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 2, substitute “13,589,000” . IVAN McKEE Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 10th December 2024