The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2019

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2019 No. 90

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2019

Made

12th March 2019

Coming into force

13th March 2019

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 F1 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 F2 , a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

F1 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.

F2 Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

Citation and commencement S

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2019 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 13.3.2019, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2019-2020 S

F3 2.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 Art. 2 revoked (27.3.2020) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/102), arts. 1, 5

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2019-2020 S

3.—(1) The distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of schedule 12 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2019-2020 is £2,853,000,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2019-2020 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 2019-2020 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 13.3.2019, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2018-2019 S

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2018-2019 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 2018-2019 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 13.3.2019, see art. 1

Revocations S

5.  Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018 F4 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2018-2019) are revoked.

F4 S.S.I. 2018/91.

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 5 in force at 13.3.2019, see art. 1

KATE FORBES

Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers

St Andrew's House,

Edinburgh

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2019-2020

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 1 in force at 13.3.2019, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Local Authority	F5 ...	Amount of non‑domestic rate income
		£m
Aberdeen City	F5 ...	258.560
Aberdeenshire	F5 ...	123.812
Angus	F5 ...	27.468
Argyll & Bute	F5 ...	35.634
Clackmannanshire	F5 ...	17.315
Dumfries & Galloway	F5 ...	51.150
Dundee City	F5 ...	64.307
East Ayrshire	F5 ...	27.360
East Dunbartonshire	F5 ...	22.669
East Lothian	F5 ...	25.550
East Renfrewshire	F5 ...	15.377
Edinburgh (City of)	F5 ...	365.250
Eilean Siar	F5 ...	8.482
Falkirk	F5 ...	69.739
Fife	F5 ...	165.717
Glasgow City	F5 ...	356.234
Highland	F5 ...	143.240
Inverclyde	F5 ...	19.834
Midlothian	F5 ...	31.615
Moray	F5 ...	43.563
North Ayrshire	F5 ...	41.124
North Lanarkshire	F5 ...	107.252
Orkney Islands	F5 ...	10.459
Perth & Kinross	F5 ...	56.590
Renfrewshire	F5 ...	104.417
Scottish Borders	F5 ...	36.624
Shetland Islands	F5 ...	25.925
South Ayrshire	F5 ...	42.462
South Lanarkshire	F5 ...	341.166
Stirling	F5 ...	44.042
West Dunbartonshire	F5 ...	84.736
West Lothian	F5 ...	85.327
Scotland Total	F5 ...	2,853.000

F5 Words in sch. 1 revoked (27.3.2020) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/102), arts. 1, 5

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 S REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2018-2019

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 2 in force at 13.3.2019, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2
Local Authority	Amount of revenue support grant
	£m
Aberdeen City	94.028
Aberdeenshire	299.374
Angus	171.984
Argyll & Bute	159.109
Clackmannanshire	77.472
Dumfries & Galloway	235.765
Dundee City	234.782
East Ayrshire	195.124
East Dunbartonshire	161.480
East Lothian	145.184
East Renfrewshire	162.680
Edinburgh (City of)	363.102
Eilean Siar	86.515
Falkirk	207.094
Fife	467.622
Glasgow City	869.967
Highland	310.402
Inverclyde	142.616
Midlothian	126.301
Moray	115.398
North Ayrshire	227.824
North Lanarkshire	496.237
Orkney Islands	59.296
Perth & Kinross	191.654
Renfrewshire	183.015
Scottish Borders	169.350
Shetland Islands	56.663
South Ayrshire	158.702
South Lanarkshire	251.381
Stirling	121.626
West Dunbartonshire	104.549
West Lothian	228.501
Scotland Total	6,874.797

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 2019-2020 (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 2018-2019 (article 4 and schedule 2), and

(d)

makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018 (article 5).