Um, What Kind Of Penalties, Exactly?

One of Scotland’s leading political parties is “calling for the effective abolition of the Scottish Arts Council and the creation of a Scottish Academy instead… They argue that companies such as Scottish Opera, Scottish Ballet, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, should be funded directly by the Scottish Executive… The direct funding method, as used for the National Galleries, National Museum and National Library of Scotland, would be contract-based. The bodies would agree on a programme, modes of delivery, and would incur ‘penalties for not delivering’.”