Scotland Act 1998 Explanatory Notes

General

This section is one of three dealing with the Scottish Consolidated Fund.  Section 64 establishes the Fund, provides for sums to be paid into it and, subject to provision made by the Scottish Parliament, for disposal of, or accounting for, such sums.  Section 65 deals with the circumstances in which sums may be paid out of the Fund, and the purposes for which such sums may be applied.

Section 29(2)(b) and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 4 protect section 119(3) in relation to judicial salaries from amendment by the Scottish Parliament.

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