The Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1996

Made: 12th February 1996

Laid before the House of Commons: 14th February 1996

Coming into force: 10th March 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc. (Scotland) Act 1987[^f00001] 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 the said Schedule, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

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This Order may be cited as the Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1996 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 grants for 1991-92

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• (1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1991-92 are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

• (2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the financial year 1991-92 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.

Revenue support grants for 1992-93

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• (1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1992-93 are specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.

• (2) The amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order in respect of the financial year 1992-93 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 3 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Revocations

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Articles 3 and 4 of the Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1995 and the Schedule to that Order so far as relating to those articles (which previously redetermined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial years 1991-92 and 1992-93)[^f00002] are hereby revoked.

SCHEDULE — Revenue Support Grant 1991-92 and 1992-93

Signed

Michael Forsyth — One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State — 7th February 1996

We consent,

Bowen Wells — Liam Fox — Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury — 12th February 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order redetermines for the fourth time the amount of the revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of each of the financial years 1991-92 and 1992-93.

As a consequence, the Order revokes those provisions in the Revenue Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1995 which previously redetermined the amount of such grant payable in respect of those financial years.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1987 c. 47; paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 were replaced by the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42), Schedule 6, paragraph 29.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1995/392.