The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014

Made: 18th March 2014

Coming into force: 19th March 2014

In accordance with paragraph 2(3) of that Schedule[^f00002], a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.

Citation and commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014

2

For Schedule 1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2014-2015) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014[^f00003], substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

3

For Schedule 2 (revenue support grant 2013-2014) to the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014, substitute the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 2

Signed

JOHN SWINNEY — A member of the Scottish Government — 18th March 2014

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2014 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule 1 set out in the Schedule 1 to this Order and by replacing Schedule 2 to that Order with the Schedule 2 set out in the Schedule 2 to this Order. Column 2 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2014-2015. Column 3 of Schedule 1 lists the amount of non-domestic rate income to be distributed to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2014-2015. Column 2 of Schedule 2 redetermines the amount of revenue support grant, which is payable to each local authority in Scotland in respect of the financial year 2013-2014.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1992 c.14. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46). The requirement to obtain Treasury consent was removed by section 55 of that Act.

[^f00002]: Paragraph 2(3) has been modified by section 118 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46) and by paragraph 6 of schedule 3 to the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 10).

[^f00003]: S.S.I. 2014/36.