The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013

Made: 19th March 2013

Coming into force: 20th March 2013

In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule[^f00002], a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2013 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013

2

For Schedule1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2013-2014) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013[^f00003], substitute the Schedule1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

3

For Schedule 2 (revenue support grant 2012-13) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013, substitute the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Government — 19th March 2013

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2013 by replacing Schedule1 to that Order with the Schedule1 set out in the Schedule 1 to this Order and by replacing Schedule2 to that Order with the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule 2 to this Order. Column2 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2013-2014. Column3 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2013-2014. Column 2 of Schedule 2 redetermines the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2012-13.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 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.

[^f00002]: Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by section 118 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2013/44.