SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13 Minor and Consequential Amendments

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)

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In section 41(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (exclusion from voting disability), after “1987" there shall be inserted the words “ or any council tax or council water charge imposed under the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ”.

I136

In section 56 of that Act (arrangements for discharge of functions by local authorities), for subsection (6) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

6

A local authority’s functions with respect to—

a

determining a rate;

b

setting an amount of council tax in accordance with section 93(1) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992, or setting a reduced amount of council tax under section 94 of that Act or paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to that Act;

c

setting an amount of council water charge in accordance with paragraph 9 of Schedule 11 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992; or

d

borrowing money,

shall be discharged only by the authority.

I437

1

In subsection (1) of section 109 of that Act (rating authorities), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

a

in the case of the non-domestic rate prescribed under section 7B of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975, the regional council and the islands council;

2

In subsection (2) of that section, for the words from “falls" onwards there shall be substituted the words “ falls, such information as may reasonably be required for the preparation of demand notes for the purposes of levying the non-domestic rate ”.

I238

Sections 110 and 110A of that Act (which make provision as to the distribution of non-domestic rate income) shall cease to have effect.

I339

In section 111 of that Act (power to make regulations as to certain matters connected with non-domestic rates), subsection (1)(a), (b) and (d) shall cease to have effect.

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In subsection (1) of section 118 of that Act (local financial returns), the words “district council in respect of the non-domestic district rate and to any" shall cease to have effect.