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The Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure) (Scotland) Regulations 1996

S.I. 1996/747 · Made 6 March 1996

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SCOTLAND

Made 6th March 1996

Laid before Parliament 11th March 1996

Coming into force 1st April 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 83(4AA) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973f1 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1973 c. 65; subsection (4AA) is inserted in section 83 (with effect from 1st April 1996) by virtue of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), section 164(4) and S.I. 1996/323.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Determination of relevant population
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Authorities (Discretionary Expenditure) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st April 1996.

2Determination of relevant population

For the purposes of section 83(4)(b) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973f1, the relevant population of the area of a local authority in relation to a financial year (“the relevant year”) shall be the resident population of that area in the financial year beginning two years before the relevant year, as estimated by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland before the beginning of the relevant year.

Signature

George Kynoch

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

6th March 1996

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The annual limit on the amount of expenditure which a Scottish local authority may incur for purposes not otherwise authorised is, with effect from 1st April 1996, determined under section 83(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 by multiplying £3.80 by the relevant population of the authority’s area. These Regulations make provision as to how the relevant population is to be calculated for these purposes.