Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011
Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2011
Do we agree to report that the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment Order 2011 is defectively drafted?
The Scottish Government has confirmed that the order is intended to increase the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income for the year 2011-12 by £11.5 million to £2,182 million. Although the order seeks to provide for the distribution among local authorities of non-domestic rate income, which, when aggregated, totals £2,182 million, it does not make provision for the increase in the total distributable amount to that figure as required under the Local Government Finance Act 1992. The Scottish Government has therefore made the Local Government Finance (Scotland) Amendment (No 2) Order 2011 to correct the defect. Is the committee happy with that?
Do we also agree to report that, if the Parliament wishes to approve the proposed increase in the distributable amount of non-domestic rate income and the revised distribution of that amount, it requires to approve both orders? The orders must work together.