The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/755
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (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.

Section 2 Revenue support grant for 1996-97

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1996-97 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 1996-97 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.

Section 3 Distribution of non-domestic rate income for 1996-97

(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 1996-97 is £1,313,035,000.

(2) The local authorities among whom the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income is distributed in respect of the financial year 1996-97 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 1996-97 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.

Section 4 Revenue support grant for 1995-96

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1995-96 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 1995-96 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.

Section 5 Revenue support grant for 1994-95

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1994-95 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 1994-95 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.

Section 6 Revenue support grant for 1993-94

(1) The local authorities to which revenue support grant is payable in respect of the financial year 1993-94 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 1993-94 shall be the amount redetermined in relation to that local authority set out in column 4 of that Schedule opposite the name of that local authority.

Section 7 Revocations

The following provisions (which previously determined and redetermined the amount of revenue support grant payable to each local authority in respect of the financial years 1993-94, 1994-95 and 1995-96) are hereby revoked—

(a) in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1994 , article 2 and Schedule 1; and

(b) in the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 1995 , articles 2, 4 and 5 and Schedule 1.