The Local Authority (Capital Finance and Accounting) (Scotland) Regulations 2016

Loans fund advancesS

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13.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), for each financial year a local authority must make loans fund advances in respect of the amount of—

(a)expenditure that the authority has incurred; and

(b)lending that the authority has made,

that it has determined is to be financed by borrowing, as permitted by regulation 2, in that financial year.

(2) A loans fund advance may not be made for any expenditure or lending financed by—

(a)borrowing that relates to treasury management activities; or

(b)a credit arrangement.

[F1(3) Except for an advance to which regulation 14 applies, a local authority must repay a loans fund advance in accordance with proper accounting practices.]