5 Credits for payments out of the FundS
(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.
Commencement Information
I1S. 5 wholly in force at 1.4.2000; s. 5 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 30(1); s. 5 in force for certain purposes at 1.2.2000 by S.S.I. 2000/10, art. 2(2), Sch.; s. 5 in force insofar as not already in force at 1.4.2000 by S.S.I. 2000/10, art. 2(3)