The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 41

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012

Made

9th February 2012

Coming into force

10th February 2012

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(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.

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 S

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2012 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 10.2.2012, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2012-2013 S

F1 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2 revoked (8.2.2013) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/44), arts. 1, 5

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2012-2013 S

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 2012-2013 is £2,263,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2012-2013 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 2012-2013 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.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 3 in force at 10.2.2012, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2011-2012 S

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2011-2012 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 2011-2012 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.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 4 in force at 10.2.2012, see art. 1

Revocations S

5.  Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2011-2012) are revoked.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 5 in force at 10.2.2012, see art. 1

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

9th February 2012

Articles 2 and 3

[F2 SCHEDULE 1 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2012-2013

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 substituted (16.3.2012) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2012 (S.S.I. 2012/94), arts. 1, 2, sch.

Column 1	F3 ...	Column 3
Local Authority	F3 ...	Amount of non-domestic rate income
	F3 ...	£
Aberdeen City	F3 . . .	164,576,000
Aberdeenshire	F3 . . .	73,370,000
Angus	F3 . . .	23,944,000
Argyll & Bute	F3 . . .	26,479,000
Clackmannanshire	F3 . . .	11,033,000
Dumfries & Galloway	F3 . . .	41,403,000
Dundee City	F3 . . .	50,140,000
East Ayrshire	F3 . . .	26,529,000
East Dunbartonshire	F3 . . .	21,268,000
East Lothian	F3 . . .	21,500,000
East Renfrewshire	F3 . . .	12,941,000
Edinburgh (City of)	F3 . . .	310,993,000
Eilean Siar	F3 . . .	6,018,000
Falkirk	F3 . . .	63,467,000
Fife	F3 . . .	135,516,000
Glasgow City	F3 . . .	310,099,000
Highland	F3 . . .	106,091,000
Inverclyde	F3 . . .	19,395,000
Midlothian	F3 . . .	24,781,000
Moray	F3 . . .	28,502,000
North Ayrshire	F3 . . .	34,333,000
North Lanarkshire	F3 . . .	101,467,000
Orkney Islands	F3 . . .	8,203,000
Perth & Kinross	F3 . . .	47,331,000
Renfrewshire	F3 . . .	90,807,000
Scottish Borders	F3 . . .	26,489,000
Shetland Islands	F3 . . .	15,035,000
South Ayrshire	F3 . . .	36,842,000
South Lanarkshire	F3 . . .	253,924,000
Stirling	F3 . . .	27,833,000
West Dunbartonshire	F3 . . .	67,090,000
West Lothian	F3 . . .	75,601,000]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in sch. 1 revoked (8.2.2013) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013 (S.S.I. 2013/44), arts. 1, 5

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2011-2012

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 2 in force at 10.2.2012, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£
Aberdeen City	177,333,000
Aberdeenshire	344,117,000
Angus	182,480,000
Argyll & Bute	187,817,000
Clackmannanshire	83,020,000
Dumfries & Galloway	264,467,000
Dundee City	240,901,000
East Ayrshire	203,679,000
East Dunbartonshire	165,259,000
East Lothian	151,365,000
East Renfrewshire	165,017,000
Edinburgh, City of	458,120,000
Eilean Siar	102,831,000
Falkirk	225,691,000
Fife	507,718,000
Glasgow City	1,008,094,000
Highland	375,334,000
Inverclyde	155,479,000
Midlothian	128,748,000
Moray	130,700,000
North Ayrshire	239,554,000
North Lanarkshire	536,107,000
Orkney Islands	63,457,000
Perth & Kinross	204,957,000
Renfrewshire	237,989,000
Scottish Borders	191,709,000
Shetland Islands	77,690,000
South Ayrshire	168,962,000
South Lanarkshire	323,829,000
Stirling	139,357,000
West Dunbartonshire	132,506,000
West Lothian	236,055,000

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order—

(a) determines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2012-2013 (article 2 and Schedule 1);

(b) determines the amount of non‑domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in respect of that year (article 3 and Schedule 1);

(c) redetermines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2011-2012 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011 (article 5).

(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 paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

(3)

S.S.I. 2011/109; Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2011/218.