The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2016
S C O T T I S H S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S
2016 No. 135
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Made - - - - 1st March 2016
Coming into force - - 2nd March 2016
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by
paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(a) and all other
powers enabling them to do so.
In accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule they have consulted with such associations of
local authorities as appear to them to be appropriate.
In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule(b), a draft of this Order has been laid before,
and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2016 and comes
into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Revenue support grant for 2016-2017
2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial
year 2016-2017 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1.
(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column
1 of Schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 is the amount determined in relation to
that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.
Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2016-2017
3.—(1) The distributable amount of non-domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of
Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2016-2017
is £2,768,500,000.
(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is
distributed in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1.
(3) The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in
column 1 of Schedule 1 in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 is that part of the distributable
(a) 1992 c.14. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to t he Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the
Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.
(b) Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act
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