The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2014 No. 36

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014

Made

11th February 2014

Coming into force

12th February 2014

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 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 12.2.2014, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2014-2015 S

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

Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 2 revoked (11.2.2015) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/56), arts. 1, 5

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 is £2,649,500,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 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 12.2.2014, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2013-2014 S

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2013-2014 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 2013-2014 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 12.2.2014, see art. 1

Revocations S

5.  Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013(3) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2013-2014) are revoked.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 5 in force at 12.2.2014, see art. 1

JOHN SWINNEY

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

11th February 2014

Articles 2 and 3

[F2 SCHEDULE 1 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2014-2015

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 substituted (19.3.2014) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/74), arts. 1, 2, sch. 1

Column 1	F3 ...	Column 3
Local Authority	F3 ...	Amount of non-domestic rate income
	F3 ...	£
Aberdeen City	F3 . . .	192,684,000
Aberdeenshire	F3 ...	85,901,000
Angus	F3 ...	28,033,000
Argyll & Bute	F3 ...	31,002,000
Clackmannanshire	F3 ...	12,918,000
Dumfries & Galloway	F3 ...	48,474,000
Dundee City	F3 ...	58,704,000
East Ayrshire	F3 ...	31,060,000
East Dunbartonshire	F3 ...	24,901,000
East Lothian	F3 ...	25,172,000
East Renfrewshire	F3 ...	15,151,000
Edinburgh (City of)	F3 ...	364,108,000
Eilean Siar	F3 ...	7,046,000
Falkirk	F3 ...	74,307,000
Fife	F3 ...	158,661,000
Glasgow City	F3 ...	363,061,000
Highland	F3 ...	124,210,000
Inverclyde	F3 ...	22,707,000
Midlothian	F3 ...	29,013,000
Moray	F3 ...	33,370,000
North Ayrshire	F3 ...	40,197,000
North Lanarkshire	F3 ...	118,797,000
Orkney Islands	F3 ...	9,604,000
Perth & Kinross	F3 ...	55,415,000
Renfrewshire	F3 ...	106,316,000
Scottish Borders	F3 ...	31,013,000
Shetland Islands	F3 ...	17,602,000
South Ayrshire	F3 ...	43,134,000
South Lanarkshire	F3 ...	297,292,000
Stirling	F3 ...	32,586,000
West Dunbartonshire	F3 ...	78,548,000
West Lothian	F3 ...	88,513,000]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in sch. 1 repealed (11.2.2015) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/56), arts. 1, 5

Article 4

[F4 SCHEDULE 2 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2013-2014

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 2 substituted (19.3.2014) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 (S.S.I. 2014/74), arts. 1, 3, sch. 2

Column 1	Column 2>
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£
Aberdeen City	141,710,000
Aberdeenshire	319,711,000
Angus	173,737,000
Argyll & Bute	176,904,000
Clackmannanshire	82,409,000
Dumfries & Galloway	246,273,000
Dundee City	233,362,000
East Ayrshire	194,949,000
East Dunbartonshire	156,509,000
East Lothian	144,382,000
East Renfrewshire	159,690,000
Edinburgh (City of)	402,364,000
Eilean Siar	97,073,000
Falkirk	205,489,000
Fife	480,401,000
Glasgow City	918,539,000
Highland	336,229,000
Inverclyde	145,335,000
Midlothian	123,195,000
Moray	120,849,000
North Ayrshire	228,061,000
North Lanarkshire	510,932,000
Orkney Islands	59,627,000
Perth & Kinross	193,173,000
Renfrewshire	211,585,000
Scottish Borders	176,184,000
Shetland Islands	70,961,000
South Ayrshire	159,631,000
South Lanarkshire	286,497,000
Stirling	134,190,000
West Dunbartonshire	116,193,000
West Lothian	219,117,000]

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 2014-2015 (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 2013-2014 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013 (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. 2013/44. Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2013/107.