Self-Governing Schools etc. (Scotland) Act 1989

63 Financial and accounting provisions. S

(1) Loans made under section 61 of this Act shall carry interest at a rate not less than a rate determined by the Secretary of State with the consent of the Treasury, and—

(a) different rates may be so determined in respect of different categories of loans;

(b) a rate may be determined by reference to a rate—

(i) specified by or under any other enactment; or

(ii) ascertainable by such other means as the Secretary of State may with the consent of the Treasury specify.

(2) Before determining a rate under subsection (1) above, the Secretary of State shall consult any education authorities and bodies representing education authorities with whom consultation appears to him to be desirable.

(3) The accounts kept by a local authority under section 96 of the 1973 Act shall include a separate account of any expenditure incurred or income received by that authority in exercising their powers under section 61 of this Act.

(4) The accounts kept by an authority under the said section 96 shall show the full cost to the authority of goods or services which are supplied by virtue of the said section 61 and which are relevant to the account kept by virtue of subsection (3) above; and for the purposes of this section “full cost” shall be calculated in such manner as the Secretary of State may direct.

(5) An education authority shall use their best endeavours to secure that at the end of every financial year any account kept by them under the said section 96 in relation to the goods and services supplied by virtue of the said section 61 and relating to that year is in surplus.