Local Government and Miscellaneous Financial Provisions (Scotland) Act 1958

18 Transitional adjustments

(1) For the years to which this section applies, contributions shall be made as hereinafter provided to or by local authorities in respect of the loss or gain accruing to them from the coming into operation of sections one, two, four, six and seven of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of this section the loss or gain accruing to a local authority as aforesaid shall be ascertained in accordance with regulations made by the Secretary of State, and such regulations shall provide that it shall be ascertained, on such assumptions as may be specified in the regulations, by reference to the estimated rate required to be levied for the year beginning on the sixteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty-seven, to the estimated rate which would have been required to be levied for that year if sections one, two, four, six and seven of this Act had been in force for that year and the previous year, and to the rateable valuation of the area of the local authority estimated as if the said sections had been in force for those years, but with any exceptions or modifications specified in the regulations.

(3) This section applies to the years beginning on the sixteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and the sixteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and sixty, and such subsequent years as may be specified by regulations under this section.

(4) The amount of the contribution to a local authority for the first year to which this section applies shall be the amount of the loss accruing to the authority as ascertained under this section; for the second year to which this section applies shall be nine-tenths of that loss; and for any subsequent year to which this section applies shall be such fraction of that loss as may be provided in relation to that year by regulations under this section.

(5) The amount of the contributions for any year by local authorities shall be such as in the aggregate to equal the amount of the contributions for that year to local authorities, and the amount of the contribution by each local authority shall be proportional to the gain accruing to the authority as ascertained under this section.

(6) Contributions under this section to or by a local authority shall be made by additions to or deductions from the amounts of the general grants which, apart from this section, would be payable to that authority under Part I of this Act.

(7) Contributions under this section made to or by a local authority shall be disregarded in ascertaining the relevant local expenditure for the area of the authority for the purposes of section five of the Act of 1954.

(8) Regulations under this section may contain such provisions as may appear to the Secretary of State necessary or expedient for the purposes of this section in consequence of any changes in the boundaries of the area of a local authority, or the formation of any such area.

(9) Regulations of the Secretary of State under this section may impose on local authorities, joint boards and joint committees requirements to furnish estimates and other information appearing to the Secretary of State necessary for the purposes of this section, including requirements as to the time at which, and form in which, the information is to be furnished. In this subsection " local authority ", " joint board" and " joint committee " have the same meanings as they have for the purposes of the Act of 1947.

(10) Regulations made under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Commons House of Parliament.