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 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 2015-2016
4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 is 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
5. Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015(1) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2015-2016) are revoked.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
1st March 2016