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Sums payable out of the Fund
9.—(1) The provisions of this article shall cease to apply when section 65 (payments out of the Fund) comes into force().
(2) A sum may only be paid out of the Fund if–
(a)it has been charged on the Fund by virtue of any enactment (including this Order);
(b)it is payable out of the Fund without further approval by virtue of this Order; or
(c)it is paid out for or in connection with any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (3) below and forms part of sums appropriated for any such purpose out of sums forming part of the Fund by an Order in Council under section 129(1).
(3) Those purposes are–
(a)meeting expenditure for or in connection with any relevant function;
(b)meeting expenditure of the Secretary of State in preparation for the Scottish Parliament;
(c)meeting expenditure of the Lord Advocate;
(d)meeting expenditure of any member of the Scottish Executive or junior Scottish Minister;
(e)meeting expenditure payable out of the Fund under any enactment.
(4) A sum paid out of the Fund under this article shall not be applied for any purpose other than that for which it was charged or (as the case may be) paid out.
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