The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2016

Made: 1st March 2016

Coming into force: 2nd March 2016

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) Order 2016 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revenue support grant for 2016-2017

2

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Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2016-2017

3

• (1) The distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income arrived at under paragraph 9 of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 is £2,768,500,000.

• (2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non‑domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 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 2016-2017 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.

Revenue support grant for 2015-2016

4

• (1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 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.

Revocations

5

Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015[^f00003] (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2015-2016) are revoked.

SCHEDULE 1 — REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2016-2017

SCHEDULE 2 — REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2015-2016

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Government — 1st March 2016

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order—

• (a) determines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2016-2017 (article 2 and Schedule 1);

• (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);

• (c) redetermines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial year 2015-2016 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

• (d) makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 (article 5).

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 paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2015/56. Schedule 1 was amended by S.S.I. 2015/125.

Editorial notes

[^key-5afc3f0c5829ab60f3b886ed83becf7e]: Art. 1 in force at 2.3.2016, see art. 1

[^key-a666d63a6ba1eae4f553cde0bceb3176]: Art. 3 in force at 2.3.2016, see art. 1

[^key-dae2bd8a090b76adfcab93e7958dddd9]: Art. 4 in force at 2.3.2016, see art. 1

[^key-69fbfe6d9ebbeb6519216d40e8a3a654]: Art. 5 in force at 2.3.2016, see art. 1

[^key-4b54257e6b3ade9717c632a11c6c3811]: Sch. 1 in force at 2.3.2016, see art. 1

[^key-988c7234f8e2e2e56ad1296601e5bff7]: Sch. 2 in force at 2.3.2016, see art. 1

[^key-7bebf13c624be06d3cdd580ebf110d0a]: Words in sch. 1 revoked (17.3.2017) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/87), arts. 1, 5

[^key-9b0f8ef83e516f8dfadeb80f3c3bfd8d]: Art. 2 revoked (17.3.2017) by The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/87), arts. 1, 5