1988 No. 187 (S.21)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (Expenses) Regulations 1988

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 22(3) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19751 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (Expenses) Regulations 1988 and shall come into force on 21st February 1988.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations—

  • “the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19732;

  • “the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;

  • “the Commission” means the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland established under section 97(1) of the 1973 Act;

  • “the designated body for Scotland” means the Commission, which is designated3 by the Secretary of State under section 22(1) of the 1975 Act as the designated body for Scotland;

  • “financial year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March;

  • “product of a rate of one penny in the pound” and “standard penny rate product” have the meanings assigned to them by section 9 of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 19634.

Expenses

3

All expenses incurred by the designated body for Scotland in connection with the discharge of its functions under Part II of the 1975 Act shall, in relation to the financial year 1988-89, be defrayed by regional and islands councils in proportion to their respective products of a rate of one penny in the pound or standard penny rate products, whichever in each case is the higher, for that year, which products shall be as first estimated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 12 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 19665.

4

Each regional and islands council shall pay to the designated body for Scotland—

a

such instalments in respect of the amount due by the council for the financial year 1988-89 under regulation 3 of these Regulations, and

b

at such intervals in that financial year, as may be agreed between the council and the designated body for Scotland or, in the case of disagreement, as may be determined by the Secretary of State.

Revocations

5

The Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (Expenses) Regulations 19756 are revoked in respect of the financial year 1988-89 and subsequent financial years.

6

The Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (Expenses) Amendment Regulations 19887 are hereby revoked.

Ian LangMinister of State, Scottish OfficeNew St. Andrew’s House,Edinburgh

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975 provides for the remuneration of, and other expenses incurred by, the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland and his officers being met by “the body designated for Scotland” . The Secretary of State has designated the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland as that body.

These Regulations make new provision in relation to the financial year 1988-89 for the expenses incurred by that designated body in the discharge of its functions under Part II of the 1975 Act being met by regional and islands councils.

Regulation 3 provides that the expenses of the designated body, in relation to the financial year 1988-89, are to be met by regional and islands councils in proportion to their respective penny or standard penny rate products, whichever in each case is the higher for that year. These products are to be as first estimated by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 12 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966.

Regulation 4 provides for the payment to the designated body by each regional and islands council of instalments in respect of the amount due from them for the financial year 1988-89 under the Regulations.

The Regulations are limited to the financial year 1988-89 because there will no longer be penny or standard penny rate products for any subsequent financial year as a consequence of the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 47).

Regulation 5 revokes the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (Expenses) Regulations 1975 in respect of the financial year 1988-89 and subsequent financial years.

Regulation 6 revokes the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland (Expenses) Amendment Regulations 1988 because it was discovered, after those Regulations had been made, that they contained an error. Those Regulations are therefore revoked on 21st February 1988 before they come into effect.