{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-grant-scotland-order-1997/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-grant-scotland-order-1997/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/721",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Grant (Scotland) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-grant-scotland-order-1997",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Calculation of the net amount of the relevant expenses of an authority",
  "text": "For the purposes of article 2(1)(a) above, the net amount of the relevant expenses of an authority shall be calculated by deducting from the gross amount of such expenses incurred during the financial year commencing on 1st April 1997 any sums received or withheld by the authority under the following heads:–\n(a) receipts for the services of constables employed at the expense of any person other than an authority;\n(b) receipts for the services of constables lent to other police forces;\n(c) deductions from the pay of constables;\n(d) fees and fines due under any enactment to be credited to the Police Account;\n(e) receipts from the disposal by sale, lease or otherwise of Police Account assets;\n(f) any sums received in connection with the functions of the authority under section 95 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; and\n(g) receipts of any other description in connection with any of the authority’s functions relating to police, other than any sums paid to the authority by the Secretary of State by virtue of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/721/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:54.048526+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}