Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975

Capital, Renewal and Repair Funds

22 (1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, a local authority may establish either or both of the following funds—

(a) a capital fund, to be used for defraying any expenditure of the authority to which capital is properly applicable, or in providing money for repayment of the principal of loans (but not any payment of interest on loans);

(b) a renewal and repair fund, to be used for the purpose of defraying expenditure to be incurred from time to time in repairing, maintaining, replacing and renewing any buildings, works, plant, equipment or articles belonging to the authority.

(2) A fund established by a local authority under this paragraph shall not be used to meet, directly or indirectly, any expenditure incurred by the authority for the purposes of a statutory undertaking of the authority, being a transport, district heating, harbour, dock, pier or ferry undertaking or a market or civic restaurant. In this sub-paragraph, " pier " and " ferry " do not include a pier or ferry provided under section 2(2) of the [1964 c. 67.] Local Government (Development and Finance) (Scotland) Act 1964.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in any enactment, pending the application of any such fund as aforesaid for the purposes authorised by this paragraph, the money in the fund shall (unless applied in any other manner authorised by any enactment) be advanced to the loans fund or invested in trustee securities.

(4) The provisions of this paragraph shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any other enactment authorising a local authority to establish a fund for a purpose for which a fund may be established under this paragraph; and a local authority may amalgamate any fund established by them under any other enactment with any corresponding fund established by them under this paragraph.

23 (1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, a local authority by whom a capital fund is established under paragraph 22 above may pay into that fund—

(a) any sums derived from the sale of any property of the local authority, not being property held by them for any such purposes as are mentioned in paragraph 22(2) above; and

(b) such sums as the local authority may from time to time by resolution direct;

and shall pay into that fund a sum equal to the amount of any income arising from the fund.

(2) Except with the consent of the Secretary of State, money received from the disposal of any property to which the local authority's housing revenue account relates shall not be paid into any such capital fund.

(3) All money applied from any such capital fund may, if the local authority think fit, be repaid from the account to which that money is advanced by such annual instalments (with or without interest) and within such period as the local authority may determine.

24 (1) A local authority by whom a renewal and repair fund is established under paragraph 22 above may from time to time pay into that fund such sums as they may by resolution direct.

(2) The purposes for which any such renewal and repair fund may be applied shall not include the defraying of expenditure of an undertaking of the local authority in respect of which the authority are authorised to provide a reserve fund.

25 (1) Notwithstanding anything in any enactment, a local authority may use, for any purpose for which the authority has a statutory borrowing power, any money forming part of, but not for the time being required for the purposes of, any fund of theirs to which this paragraph applies ; and where any such money is so used the following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect.

(2) The money so used shall be repaid to the said fund as follows:—

(a) it shall be repaid as and when it is required for the purposes of that fund;

(b) if not required to be repaid earlier under paragraph (a) above, it shall be repaid within the period within which a loan raised under the statutory borrowing power would be repayable, or at such time before the expiration of that period as the authority may resolve.

(3) The statutory borrowing power shall be deemed to be exercised by the use of money under this paragraph as fully in all respects as if a loan of the same amount had been raised in exercise of the power.

(4) This paragraph applies to any fund established for the repayment of debt, or as a reserve, or for the maintenance, renewal or repair of property, or for superannuation of staff, or for insurance, or otherwise for meeting future expenditure of a capital or nonrecurring nature, or for any like purpose.

(5) In this paragraph " statutory borrowing power" does not include the power to borrow by way of temporary loan or overdraft conferred by paragraph 3 above.

(6) The powers conferred by this paragraph are in addition to, and not in derogation of, the powers conferred by or under any other enactment.