PART 1PUBLIC RESOURCES AND FINANCES
The Scottish Consolidated Fund
5Credits for payments out of the Fund
1
No sum may be paid out of the Fund except in accordance with a credit granted on the Fund by the Auditor General.
2
The Auditor General shall grant credits for payments out of the Fund from time to time at the request of the Scottish Ministers.
3
Such a credit must not be granted if, in the Auditor General’s opinion, the proposed payment out of the Fund would not comply with section 65(1) and (2) of the 1998 Act.
4
This section does not apply to sums paid out of the Fund by virtue of section 6.