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Statutory Instruments

1999 No. 364 (S. 18)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1999

Approved by the House of Commons

Made

28th January 1999

Laid before the House of Commons

1st February 1999

Coming into force

12th February 1999

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraphs 1 and 9(4) of Schedule 12 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be appropriate in accordance with paragraph 2(2) of that Schedule, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.

Revenue support grant for 1999-2000

2.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 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 1999-2000 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 1999-2000

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 1999-2000 is £1,440,522,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 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 1999-2000 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 1998-99

4.—(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1998-99 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 1998-99 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.

Revocations

5.  Article 2 of, and column 2 of Schedule 1 to, the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998(2) (which previously determined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of financial year 1998-99) are hereby revoked.

Donald Dewar

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

27th January 1999

We consent,

Clive Betts

Bob Ainsworth

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

28th January 1999

Articles 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON-DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 1999-2000

Column 1Column 2Column 3
Local AuthorityAmount of revenue support grantAmount of non-domestic rate income
££
Aberdeen City111,790,00060,723,000
Aberdeenshire133,036,00063,678,000
Angus68,447,00030,998,000
Argyll & Bute76,632,00025,464,000
Clackmannanshire30,903,00013,726,000
Dumfries & Galloway103,637,00041,423,000
Dundee City115,176,00041,879,000
East Ayrshire81,115,00034,266,000
East Dunbartonshire58,221,00031,178,000
East Lothian51,076,00025,028,000
East Renfrewshire46,506,00024,916,000
City of Edinburgh252,205,000126,547,000
Falkirk83,514,00040,273,000
Fife217,432,00097,975,000
Glasgow City554,940,000172,008,000
Highland169,571,00058,661,000
Inverclyde64,966,00024,325,000
Midlothian50,509,00022,688,000
Moray57,668,00024,193,000
North Ayrshire92,540,00039,308,000
North Lanarkshire213,309,00091,822,000
Orkney Islands33,061,0005,579,000
Perth & Kinross78,120,00037,472,000
Renfrewshire111,106,00050,129,000
Scottish Borders74,724,00029,865,000
Shetland Islands48,190,0006,474,000
South Ayrshire70,949,00032,303,000
South Lanarkshire192,046,00086,431,000
Stirling57,868,00023,504,000
West Dunbartonshire71,595,00026,909,000
West Lothian99,630,00042,835,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar58,736,0007,942,000

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 1998-99

Column IColumn 2
Local AuthorityAmount
£
Aberdeen City110,895,000
Aberdeenshire132,231,000
Angus67,727,805
Argyll & Bute76,641,000
Clackmannanshire30,236,000
Dumfries & Galloway102,051,000
Dundee City114,709,637
East Ayrshire80,962,000
East Dunbartonshire55,796,000
East Lothian49,931,000
East Renfrewshire43,955,000
City of Edinburgh249,825,581
Falkirk85,990,000
Fife212,346,000
Glasgow City547,921,000
Highland165,792,439
Inverclyde66,048,000
Midlothian50,155,000
Moray56,329,000
North Ayrshire92,005,000
North Lanarkshire211,394,000
Orkney Islands32,960,000
Perth & Kinross77,196,828
Renfrewshire107,677,000
Scottish Borders73,005,000
Shetland Islands48,099,000
South Ayrshire68,142,000
South Lanarkshire187,162,000
Stirling57,828,000
West Dunbartonshire70,895,000
West Lothian99,611,000
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar58,297,694

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order–

(a)determines the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 1999-2000 (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 1998-99 (article 4 and Schedule 2); and

(d)makes consequential revocations in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1998 (article 5).

(2)

S.I. 1998/1082.