Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Amendment of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015

2.-(1) The Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015(3) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 3(1) (distribution of non-domestic rate income for 2015-2016) for "£2,799,500,000" substitute "£2,788,500,000".

(3) For Schedule 1 (revenue support grant and distribution of non-domestic rate income 2015-2016), substitute the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order.

(4) For Schedule 2 (revenue support grant 2014-2015), substitute the Schedule 2 set out in Schedule 2 to this Order.

Article 2(3)

SCHEDULE 1

Articles 2 and 3

"SCHEDULE 1REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT AND DISTRIBUTION OF NON‑DOMESTIC RATE INCOME 2015-2016

Article 2(4)

SCHEDULE 2

Article 4

"SCHEDULE 2REVENUE SUPPORT GRANT 2014-2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015 by replacing Schedule 1 to that Order with the Schedule 1 set out in Schedule 1 to this Order and by replacing Schedule 2 to that Order with the Schedule 2 set out in 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 2015-2016. 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 2015-2016. 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 2014-2015.

Article 2(1) amends the distributable amount set out in article 3 of the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Order 2015.