The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 94

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012

Made

15th March 2012

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 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 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012

2.  For Schedule 1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2012-2013) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012(3), substitute the Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule to this Order.

DEREK MACKAY

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

15th March 2012

Article 2

SCHEDULE

Articles 2 and 3

“SCHEDULE 1 REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2012-2013

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant	Amount of non-domestic rate income
	£	£
Aberdeen City	178,575,000	164,576,000
Aberdeenshire	340,146,000	73,370,000
Angus	181,371,000	23,944,000
Argyll & Bute	188,053,000	26,479,000
Clackmannanshire	84,557,000	11,033,000
Dumfries & Galloway	260,441,000	41,403,000
Dundee City	249,542,000	50,140,000
East Ayrshire	200,422,000	26,529,000
East Dunbartonshire	163,432,000	21,268,000
East Lothian	148,121,000	21,500,000
East Renfrewshire	164,317,000	12,941,000
Edinburgh (City of)	460,382,000	310,993,000
Eilean Siar	100,926,000	6,018,000
Falkirk	218,210,000	63,467,000
Fife	508,912,000	135,516,000
Glasgow City	991,085,000	310,099,000
Highland	362,633,000	106,091,000
Inverclyde	153,683,000	19,395,000
Midlothian	127,031,000	24,781,000
Moray	131,236,000	28,502,000
North Ayrshire	237,036,000	34,333,000
North Lanarkshire	529,349,000	101,467,000
Orkney Islands	61,909,000	8,203,000
Perth & Kinross	203,607,000	47,331,000
Renfrewshire	227,742,000	90,807,000
Scottish Borders	187,606,000	26,489,000
Shetland Islands	75,720,000	15,035,000
South Ayrshire	166,098,000	36,842,000
South Lanarkshire	314,414,000	253,924,000
Stirling	142,532,000	27,833,000
West Dunbartonshire	130,586,000	67,090,000
West Lothian	231,279,000	75,601,000”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule to this Order. Column 2 of the Schedule lists the amount of revenue support grant which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2012-2013. Column 3 of the Schedule lists the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2012-2013.

(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. 2012/41.