Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2003 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

Revenue support grant for 2003–20042.

(1)

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2003–2004 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(2)

The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 2003–2004 shall be the amount determined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2003–20043.

(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 2003–2004 is £1,804,423,000.

(2)

The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 2003–2004 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(3)

The amount of non-domestic rate income distributed to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order in respect of the financial year 2003–2004 shall be 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 2002–20034.

(1)

The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 2002–2003 are specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order.

(2)

The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order in respect of the financial year 2002–2003 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 2 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revocations5.

Article 3 of, and column 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 20022 (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 2002–2003) are hereby revoked.
ANDREW P KERR
A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh