Scotland Act 1998

66 Borrowing by the Scottish Ministers etc.U.K.

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[F1(1)The Scottish Ministers may borrow from the Secretary of State—

(a)any sums required by them for the purpose of meeting a temporary excess of sums paid out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund over sums paid into that Fund,

(b)any sums required by them for the purpose of providing a working balance in the Scottish Consolidated Fund, and

(c)any sums which in accordance with rules determined by the Treasury are required by them to meet current expenditure because of a shortfall in receipts from devolved taxes, or from income tax charged by virtue of a Scottish rate resolution, against forecast receipts.

(1A)The Scottish Ministers may, with the approval of the Treasury, borrow by way of loan any sums required by them for the purpose of meeting capital expenditure.

(1B)A sum is required for the purpose of meeting capital expenditure if the expenditure would be capital expenditure for the purposes of accounts under section 70.]

(2)Amounts required for the repayment of, or the payment of interest on, sums borrowed under this section shall be charged on the Fund.

(3)Sums borrowed under this section [F2from the Secretary of State] shall be repaid to the Secretary of State at such times and by such methods, and interest on them shall be paid to him at such rates and at such times, as the Treasury may from time to time determine.

(4)A member of the [F3Scottish Government] may borrow money only under this section or under any power conferred by any other Act of Parliament.

[F4(5)The Secretary of State may by order made with the consent of the Treasury amend subsection (1A) so as to vary the means by which the Scottish Ministers may borrow money.]

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Act substituted (3.7.2012) by Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), ss. 12(2)(a), 44(5) (with s. 12(3)); S.I. 2012/1710, art. 2(f)