The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2011

Order made by the Scottish Ministers, laid before the Scottish Parliament under paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Draft Scottish Statutory Instruments

2011 No.

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2011

Made

8th March 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

9th March 2011

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1(4) 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.

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011

2.  In paragraph (1) of article 3 (distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2011-2012) of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011(2), for “£2,170,500,000” substitute “£2,182,000,000”.

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

8th March 2011

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011 by substituting the sum specified as the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income for 2011-2012 in paragraph (1) of article 3 of that Order with the sum specified in article 2 of this Order. This amendment is necessary as a result of changes made to the individual amounts of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to specified local authorities in terms of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011 by the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011.

(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)

S.S.I. 2011/109.