Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2007 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
Revenue support grant for 2007–2008
2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2007–2008 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 2007–2008 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.
Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2007–2008
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 2007–2008 is £1,859,727,000.
(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2007–2008 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 2007–2008 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.
Revenue support grant for 2006–2007
4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2006–2007 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 2006–2007 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.
Revenue support grant for 2005–2006
5.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2005–2006 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 2005–2006 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.
Revocations
6. Article 2(2) of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, and article 4(2) of, and column 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2006(1) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial years 2006–2007 and 2005–2006) are hereby revoked.
TOM McCABE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
17th January 2007