Scottish Statutory Instruments
2012 No. 316
Police
The Police Grant (Variation) (Scotland) Order 2012
Made 20th November 2012
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd November 2012
Coming into force 1st January 2013

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32(3) and (5) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
1967 c.77. Section 32 was substituted by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997 (c.48), section 45(1) and amended by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/1820), Schedule 2, paragraph 41(2). 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).

Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Police Grant (Variation) (Scotland) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st January 2013 but article 2 has effect from 1st April 2012.

Variation of the Police Grant and Variation (Scotland) Order 2012
2. The Police Grant and Variation (Scotland) Order 2012 is varied as follows—
(a) in article 2 (aggregate amounts of grants for financial year 2012-2013) for “£708,120,000” substitute “£720,127,000”; and
(b) in article 3 (amount of grant to an authority for financial year 2012-2013) for the Table substitute the following Table—

“(1) Authority	(2) Amount of Grant
Central Scotland Joint Police Board	£34,103,000
The Dumfries and Galloway Council	£20,422,000
The Fife Council	£43,428,000
Grampian Joint Police Board	£66,514,000
Lothian and Borders Joint Police Board	£135,135,000
Northern Joint Police Board	£36,967,000
Strathclyde Joint Police Board	£329,099,000
Tayside Joint Police Board	£54,459,000”

KENNY MACASKILL
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
20th November 2012

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the Police Grant and Variation (Scotland) Order 2012 for the financial year 2012-2013 to include additional funds of 2.5%. Each police grant in the annual Police Grant Order includes a 2.5% sum in respect of the antecedent financial year. Due to police reform, the 2.5% sum that would otherwise have been included in the next financial year’s Police Grant Order is being paid this year and this Order varies the current financial year grants accordingly.