2015 No. 59 (C. 11)
Local Government
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The Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2015

Made
Laid before the Scottish Parliament
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(1)
The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 119(2) of the Local Government Finance Act 19921.

Citation, commencement and interpretation1.

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Commencement No. 11) Order 2015 and comes into force on the appointed day.

(2)

In this Order “the appointed day” means the day on which the Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Act 2015 comes into force2.

Appointed day2.

(1)

So far as it provides for the repeal of the enactments specified in paragraph (2), and in that respect is not already in force, Schedule 14 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 comes into force on the appointed day.

(2)

The enactments are—

(a)

the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 19873;

(b)

provisions in the Local Government Finance Act 19884;

(c)

provisions in the Local Government and Housing Act 19895.
JOHN SWINNEY
A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings provisions in Schedule 14 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”) into force on the day on which the Community Charge Debt (Scotland) Act 2015 comes into force.

Schedule 14 to the 1992 Act provides for the repeal of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987, which introduced the community charge (commonly known as the “poll tax”) in Scotland. Parts of that repeal have already been commenced. Article 2(2)(a) of this Order commences the repeal fully.

Article 2(2)(b) and (c) of this Order commences the repeal of provisions that amended the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987.

A note as to earlier commencement orders is appended to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Commencement No. 10) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/918), which is the commencement order immediately preceding this Order. With the provision made by this Order, all provisions of the 1992 Act that remain relevant to Scotland have now been fully commenced. There is an uncommenced repeal of material in the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c.27), but that repeal has been superseded by subsequent amendment of that Act.