1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2004 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2004–2005 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 2004–2005 shall be the amount determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.
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 2004–2005 is £1,895,941,000.
(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2004–2005 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 2004–2005 shall be that part of the distributable amount for that year determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.
4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2003–2004 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2.
(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 in respect of the financial year 2003–2004 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.
5.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2002–2003 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 3.
(2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 3 in respect of the financial year 2002–2003 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.
6.—(1) Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2003(1) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 2003–2004) are hereby revoked.
(2) Article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2003 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 2002–2003) are hereby revoked.
ANDY KERR
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh
21st January 2004