The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment (No. 2) Order 2011

Made: 8th March 2011

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 9th March 2011

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

In accordance with paragraph2(2) of that Schedule they have consulted with such associations of local authorities as appear to them to be appropriate.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Order 2011 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011

2

In paragraph(1) of article3 (distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2011-2012) of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011[^f00002], for “£2,170,500,000” substitute “£2,182,000,000”.

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Executive — 8th March 2011

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011 by substituting the sum specified as the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income for 2011-2012 in paragraph(1) of article3 of that Order with the sum specified in article2 of this Order. This amendment is necessary as a result of changes made to the individual amounts of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to specified local authorities in terms of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2011 by the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.14. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section55 of that Act.