2019 No. 90

Local Government

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2019

Made

Coming into force

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.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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 commencementI11

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

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

Revenue support grant for 2019-2020F52

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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2019-2020I23

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Art. 3 in force at 13.3.2019, see art. 1

Revenue support grant for 2018-2019I34

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.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Art. 4 in force at 13.3.2019, see art. 1

RevocationsI45

Article 2 and column 2 of schedule 1 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2018 F3 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2018-2019) are revoked.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I4

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

Amendments (Textual)
KATE FORBES Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers St Andrew's House, Edinburgh

I5SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2019-2020

Articles 2 and 3

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I5

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

Amendments (Textual)

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Local Authority

F4...

Amount of non‑domestic rate income

£m

Aberdeen City

F4...

258.560

Aberdeenshire

F4...

123.812

Angus

F4...

27.468

Argyll & Bute

F4...

35.634

Clackmannanshire

F4...

17.315

Dumfries & Galloway

F4...

51.150

Dundee City

F4...

64.307

East Ayrshire

F4...

27.360

East Dunbartonshire

F4...

22.669

East Lothian

F4...

25.550

East Renfrewshire

F4...

15.377

Edinburgh (City of)

F4...

365.250

Eilean Siar

F4...

8.482

Falkirk

F4...

69.739

Fife

F4...

165.717

Glasgow City

F4...

356.234

Highland

F4...

143.240

Inverclyde

F4...

19.834

Midlothian

F4...

31.615

Moray

F4...

43.563

North Ayrshire

F4...

41.124

North Lanarkshire

F4...

107.252

Orkney Islands

F4...

10.459

Perth & Kinross

F4...

56.590

Renfrewshire

F4...

104.417

Scottish Borders

F4...

36.624

Shetland Islands

F4...

25.925

South Ayrshire

F4...

42.462

South Lanarkshire

F4...

341.166

Stirling

F4...

44.042

West Dunbartonshire

F4...

84.736

West Lothian

F4...

85.327

Scotland Total

F4...

2,853.000

I6SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2018-2019

Article 4

Annotations:
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

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order—

  1. 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),

  2. 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),

  3. 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

  4. d

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