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The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015

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JurisdictionScotland
CitationSSI 2015/125

2015No. 125

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015

17thMarch2015

18thMarch2015

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( 1) 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( 2), 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) Amendment Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015

2.-(1) The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015( 3) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 3(1) (distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2015-2016) for "£2,799,500,000" substitute "£2,788,500,000".

(3) For Schedule 1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2015-2016), substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(4) For Schedule 2 (revenue support grant 2014-2015), substitute the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

17th March 2015

SCHEDULE 1

Article 2(3)

"SCHEDULE 1

Articles 2 and 3

REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2015-2016

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

Amount of non-domestic rate income

£m

£m

Aberdeen City

128.543

210.116

Aberdeenshire

318.662

92.096

Angus

174.440

30.792

Argyll & Bute

175.814

27.840

Clackmannanshire

81.086

15.853

Dumfries & Galloway

242.415

50.827

Dundee City

236.519

60.431

East Ayrshire

198.272

32.850

East Dunbartonshire

161.072

25.188

East Lothian

146.007

26.079

East Renfrewshire

163.319

16.553

Edinburgh (City of)

350.662

390.862

Eilean Siar

93.020

7.920

Falkirk

220.894

62.336

Fife

473.574

166.642

Glasgow City

881.650

382.435

Highland

328.024

127.403

Inverclyde

146.192

23.642

Midlothian

123.323

31.822

Moray

123.592

36.789

North Ayrshire

233.346

42.931

North Lanarkshire

505.186

122.426

Orkney Islands

60.984

9.490

Perth & Kinross

190.762

59.337

Renfrewshire

209.238

102.915

Scottish Borders

175.053

33.707

Shetland Islands

69.673

16.882

South Ayrshire

162.291

42.683

South Lanarkshire

255.625

315.984

Stirling

122.255

45.400

West Dunbartonshire

106.829

84.053

West Lothian

215.733

94.216

Scotland Total

7,074.055

2,788.500"

SCHEDULE 2

Article 2(4)

"SCHEDULE 2

Article 4

REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015

Column 1

Column 2

Local Authority

Amount of revenue support grant

£m

Aberdeen City

137.000

Aberdeenshire

310.390

Angus

174.018

Argyll & Bute

174.877

Clackmannanshire

83.321

Dumfries & Galloway

245.386

Dundee City

235.185

East Ayrshire

196.782

East Dunbartonshire

157.388

East Lothian

145.644

East Renfrewshire

160.788

Edinburgh (City of)

386.311

Eilean Siar

95.921

Falkirk

205.188

Fife

480.396

Glasgow City

909.250

Highland

331.930

Inverclyde

145.447

Midlothian

123.352

Moray

122.085

North Ayrshire

229.412

North Lanarkshire

508.442

Orkney Islands

59.398

Perth & Kinross

193.800

Renfrewshire

208.008

Scottish Borders

175.890

Shetland Islands

69.072

South Ayrshire

159.766

South Lanarkshire

275.489

Stirling

133.829

West Dunbartonshire

111.863

West Lothian

219.549

Scotland Total

7,165.177"

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and by replacing Schedule 2 to that Order with the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order. Column 2 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2015-2016. Column 3 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2015-2016. Column 2 of Schedule 2 redetermines the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2014-2015.

Article 2(1) amends the distributable amount set out in article 3 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015.

(1) 1992 c.14. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the 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.

(2) Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by section 118 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)and by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

(3) S.S.I. 2015/56.

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