Public Finance And Accountability Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Budget (Scotland) Act 2023 Amendment Regulations 2023 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 2023. 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 “£52,300,804,490” , b for the amount specified in subsection (3)(a) (the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body), substitute “£117,598,000” , c for the amount specified in subsection (3)(b) (Audit Scotland), substitute “£17,394,000” . Amendment of schedule 1 3 1 Schedule 1 (the Scottish Administration) of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (5). 2 In column 1 (purposes) of the table— a in relation to purpose 1, after “their”, insert “NHS Recovery,” , b in relation to purpose 2— i omit “, Housing and Local Government”, ii omit “financial support to local authorities, including the guaranteed combined general revenue grant and distributable non-domestic rates income; a general capital grant and other local authority revenue and capital grants for specific purposes, including the Transfer of the Management of Development Funding and the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund; other services, including discretionary payments under the Bellwin scheme covering floods, storms and other emergencies; funding to support research and the development and design of local taxation and local government governance;”, iii after “resilience and engagement”, insert “; talent attraction and retention” , c in relation to purpose 3— i for “Finance and the Economy”, substitute “Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy” , ii omit “the running and capital costs of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency;”, iii omit “expenditure on corporate and central services, including procurement and e-commerce; support for the running costs of Scottish Futures Trust Limited; digital strategy and economy; expenditure in relation to the Office of Chief Statistician;”, iv omit “and Green Growth Accelerator”, v omit “regeneration programmes; planning;”, vi after “industry, innovation”, insert “, entrepreneurship” , vii omit “the Enterprise and Skills Analytical Unit;”, viii omit “the Accountant in Bankruptcy;”, ix omit “consumer policy related spend;”, x omit “contributions and grants relating to regeneration; community-led regeneration; community engagement; community empowerment;”, xi after “investment and exports”, insert “; investment in energy decarbonisation and hydrogen, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and negative emissions technologies; Fuel Insecurity Fund; and support of offshore wind supply chain opportunities” , d in relation to purpose 4— i after “Equity Funding;”, insert “pupil support and wellbeing;” , ii after “child protection”, for “and”, substitute “;” , iii after “vulnerable children;”, insert “supporting care experienced children and young people; Caregivers;” , iv after “services workforce;”, insert “supporting children’s services reform;” , v after “disabled children;”, insert “supporting disabled children and young people;” , vi after “Promise Scotland;”, insert “holistic Whole Family Wellbeing;” , e in relation to purpose 5, for “Veterans”, substitute “Home Affairs” , f in relation to purpose 6— i for “Net Zero, Energy and Transport”, substitute “Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition” , ii omit “running costs in relation to offshore wind activities;”, iii omit “advisory, research and development services;”, iv omit “botanical and scientific services; administration, land management and other agricultural services; natural economy, including”, v omit “and peatland”, vi omit “funding for land reform and community ownership;”, vii omit “Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; the Scottish Land Commission;”, viii for “Scottish Forestry; Forestry and Land Scotland; the promotion of forestry and land management, including advising on the development and delivery of forestry policy; regulating the forestry sector and supporting it through grants; managing Scotland’s national forests and land”, substitute “the Green Jobs Fund; the Green Growth Accelerator” , g in relation to purpose 7— i after “Rural Affairs”, insert “, Land Reform” , ii omit “including grants for”, iii omit “rural development generally;”, iv omit “agricultural education;”, v after “support reform;”, insert “land based learning; funding for land reform and community ownership; the Scottish Land Commission;” , vi after “Crown Estate Scotland”, insert “; peatland restoration; wildlife management; analytical and scientific support to help improve rural and environmental policy including funding of environment, natural resources and agriculture research: Strategy 2022-27 (ENRA), and First Minister’s Environmental Council; Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; Scottish Forestry; the promotion of forestry and land management, including advising on the development and delivery of forestry policy; regulating the forestry sector and supporting it through grants; Forestry and Land Scotland; managing Scotland’s national forests and land” , h in relation to purpose 8, omit “; talent attraction and retention”, i in relation to purpose 9— i for “Covid Recovery”, substitute “Finance” , ii for “running costs of Scottish Resilience, including supporting community resilience projects”, substitute “the running and capital costs of the Scottish Public Pensions Agency; financial support to local authorities, including the guaranteed combined general revenue grant and distributable non-domestic rates income; general capital grants and other local authority revenue and capital grants for specific purposes, including the Transfer of the Management of Development Funding and the Vacant and Derelict Land Fund; other services, including discretionary payments under the Bellwin scheme covering floods, storms and other emergencies; funding to support research and the development and design of local taxation and local government governance; expenditure on corporate and central services, funding to support the central performance, delivery and resilience functions of the organisation” , iii for “funding to support social research and analysis”, substitute “funding of the Accountant in Bankruptcy, running costs of the Scottish COVID-19 public inquiry as well as costs of responding to both the Scottish and UK inquiries” , iv after “Information legislation;”, insert “funding of a strategy function which supports effective policy across the organisation;” , j in relation to purpose 11— i omit “of Births, Deaths and Marriages”, ii for “and administrative”, substitute “, administrative and capital investment” , iii omit “(including costs associated with running the ScotlandsPeople Centre and delivery of Scotland’s Census)”. 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 “18,303,251,000” , ii in relation to purpose 2, substitute “6,662,624,000” , iii in relation to purpose 3, substitute “1,390,814,000” , iv in relation to purpose 4, substitute “4,731,359,000” , v in relation to purpose 5, substitute “3,220,269,000” , vi in relation to purpose 6, substitute “4,307,820,000” , vii in relation to purpose 7, substitute “1,173,419,000” , viii in relation to purpose 8, substitute “271,584,000” , ix in relation to purpose 9, substitute “12,604,890,000” , x in relation to purpose 10, substitute “198,704,000” , xi in relation to purpose 11, substitute “33,321,000” , xii in relation to purpose 13, substitute “6,611,000” , xiii in relation to purpose 14, substitute “174,097,000” , xiv in relation to purpose 15, substitute “2,423,000” , xv in relation to purpose 17, substitute “22,968,000” , xvi in relation to purpose 18, substitute “6,921,001,000” , xvii in relation to purpose 19, substitute “11,246,000” , b in the final row, in relation to the total amount of resources, substitute “60,053,218,000” . 4 In column 3 (amount of accruing resources) of the table— a for the amount specified— i in relation to purpose 9, substitute “20,000,000” , ii in relation to purpose 17, substitute “5,000,000” , b in the final row, in relation to the total amount of resources, substitute “8,264,500,000” . 5 In the table, after purpose 20 and the corresponding entries in columns 2 and 3 insert— 21. For use by Consumer Scotland on: operational and administrative costs 2,400,000 Nil Amendment of schedule 2 4 1 The table in schedule 2 (direct-funded bodies) of the Act is amended in accordance with paragraph (2). 2 In column 2 (amount of resources, other than accruing resources), for the amount specified in relation to purpose 2, substitute “18,471,000” . TOM ARTHUR Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 23rd November 2023