Paragraph 11 Financial arrangements

(1)

The board shall constitute a fund from which it shall make payment of the expenses incurred by it in the administration of the Brigade.

(2)

Each constituent authority shall make payment into the aforesaid fund of the relevant proportion due by the authority in respect of the expenditure incurred by the board in each financial year upon and incidental to the administration and maintenance of the Brigade, after deducting therefrom all receipts which require to be applied towards meeting such expenditure of the board under and for the purposes of the Act, in accordance with requisitions made by the board in terms of section 216 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947^f1.

(3)

The relevant proportion of the expenditure referred to in sub-paragraph (2) above to be borne by each constituent authority shall be according to—

(a)

the cost of the provision of services by the Brigade within the area of each constituent authority; or

(b)

such other appropriate method as the constituent authorities agree.

(4)

For the purposes of the Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Regulations 1987^f2, the appropriate superannuation fund in relation to the pensionable employees (as defined in said Regulations) of the board shall be—

(a)

at any time before 1st April 1996, the superannuation fund of Tayside Regional Council; and

(b)

on or after 1st April 1996, the superannuation fund of Dundee City Council.

(5)

The board shall provide each of the constituent authorities with a copy of the audited accounts of the board for each financial year.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1947 c. 43; section 216 was amended by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Schedule 9, paragraph 2.
f2: S. I.1987/1850, to which there are amendments not relevant for the purposes of this scheme.