Budget (Scotland) Act 2005

Use of resources

1 The Scottish Administration

(1) Resources other than accruing resources may, in financial year 2005/06, be used by the Scottish Administration for the purposes specified in column 1 of schedule 1—

(a) so far as the use of resources consists of incurring liability in respect of recoverable VAT, without limit as to amount, and

(b) in any other case, up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2.

(2) Accruing resources of the types specified in column 3 of schedule 1 may, in financial year 2005/06, be used by the Scottish Administration for the purposes specified in the corresponding entries in column 1 up to the amounts specified in column 4.

(3) Accruing resources in respect of recoverable VAT may, in financial year 2005/06, be used, without limit as to amount, by the Scottish Administration for any purpose for which resources are authorised to be used by virtue of subsection (1).

(4) Accruing resources of the types specified in column 1 of each Part of schedule 2 may, in financial year 2005/06, be used by the Scottish Administration for the purposes specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 up to the overall amount specified at the end of that Part.

(5) Accruing resources authorised to be used by virtue of subsection (3) or (4) may be so used only through the part of the Scottish Administration through which they accrue.

(6) The Parts of schedule 2 set out the types of accruing resources, purposes and overall amounts by reference to the parts of the Scottish Administration through which the resources accrue and may be used.

(7) In this section, references to recoverable VAT are to value added tax in respect of which a claim for a refund may be made by the Scottish Administration under section 41(3) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23).

2 Direct-funded bodies

(1) Resources other than accruing resources may, in financial year 2005/06, be used by the direct-funded bodies mentioned in column 1 of schedule 3 for the purposes specified in that column—

(a) so far as the use of resources consists of incurring liability in respect of recoverable VAT, without limit as to amount, and

(b) in any other case, up to the amounts specified in the corresponding entries in column 2.

(2) Accruing resources of the types specified in column 3 of schedule 3 may, in financial year 2005/06, be used by those bodies for the purposes specified in the corresponding entries in column 1 up to the amounts specified in column 4.

(3) Accruing resources in respect of recoverable VAT may, in financial year 2005/06, be used, without limit as to amount, by any direct-funded body mentioned in column 1 of schedule 3 for any purpose for which resources are authorised to be used by that body by virtue of subsection (1).

(4) Accruing resources of the types specified in column 1 of each Part of schedule 4 may, in financial year 2005/06, be used by the direct-funded body to which that Part relates for the purposes specified in the corresponding entries in column 2 up to the overall amount specified at the end of that Part.

(5) In this section, references to recoverable VAT are to value added tax in respect of which a claim for a refund may be made by the direct-funded body concerned under section 41(3) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23).