
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No.3) Order 1987 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by a resolution of the House of Commons.
(2) In this Order—
 “the 1963 Act” means the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1963;
 “the 1966 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966;
 “the 1973 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973;
 “the 1975 Act” means the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975;
 “the 1982 Act” means the Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982;
 “the 1984 Act” means the Rating and Valuation (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1984;
 “the 1987 Act” means the Abolition of Domestic Rates Etc.(Scotland) Act 1987;
 “the 1987 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1987; and
 “the 1987 No.2 Order” means the Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (No. 2) Order 1987.
2 

(1) The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1988-89, as determined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £2,037,930,000.
(2) The amounts of the needs element and the domestic element and the estimated amount of the resources element of the rate support grants for the year 1988-89 shall be the amounts set out in the following table:—

 £
Amount of the needs element 1,730,230,000
Amount of the domestic element 91,900,000
Estimated amount of the resources element 15,800,000
3 

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 2A of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act (grant for rate relief given to certain recreational clubs) there shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1988-89 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority, which amounts are, in total, £3,200,000.
(2) There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 3 to this Order the amount of the remaining part of needs element for the year 1988-89 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.
4 
The amount prescribed for the year 1988-89 for the purposes of section 7(1) of the 1966 Act (reduction of rates on dwellings by reference to the domestic element) shall be 7 pence in the pound, being the amount which in my opinion corresponds to the amount of the domestic element for that year, as prescribed by article 2(2) of this Order.
5 
For the purposes of section 9(3) of the 1963 Act (definition of standard penny rate product) the weighted population of an area for the year 1988-89 shall be the total population of the area as first estimated by the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scotland in relation to 30th June 1986 and the national standard amount per head for the year 1988-89 shall be such as will result as nearly as may be in the distribution of the whole of the resources element for that year.
6 
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1987-88 (which was fixed as £1,694,470,307 by article 2 of the 1987 No.2 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,688,110,661.
7 
The amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88, which was varied to £1,406,270,307 by article 3 of the 1987 No.2 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,400,910,661.
8 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 4 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1987-88 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.
9 
The amount of the domestic element for the year 1987-88, which was prescribed as £91,100,000 by article 2(2) of the 1987 Order, is hereby varied to £90,800,000.
10 
The estimated amount of the resources element for the year 1987-88, which was prescribed as £197,100,000 by article 2(2) of the 1987 Order, is hereby varied to £196,400,000.
11 
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1986-87 (which was fixed as £1,664,415,021 by article 5 of the 1987 No.2 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,656,335,907.
12 
The amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £1,388,815,021 by article 6 of the 1987 No.2 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,380,835,907.
13 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 5 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1986-87 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.
14 
The estimated amount of the resources element for the year 1986-87, which was varied to £184,300,000 by article 9 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £184,200,000.
15 
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1985-86 (which was fixed as £1,700,108,228 by article 10 of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,700,892,301.
16 
The amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86, which was varied to £1,391,308,228 by article 11 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,392,092,301.
17 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 6 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1985-86 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority.
18 
The estimated aggregate amount of the rate support grants for the year 1984-85 (which was fixed as £1,671,736,538 by article 13 of the 1987 Order), as redetermined in accordance with the provisions of section 2(2) of the 1966 Act, is hereby fixed and prescribed as £1,670,870,312.
19 
The amount of the needs element for the year 1984-85, which was varied to £1,442,336,538 by article 14 of the 1987 Order, is hereby further varied to £1,441,470,312.
20 
There shall be apportioned to each local authority set out in column 1 of the table in Schedule 7 to this Order the amount of the needs element for the year 1984-85 set out in column 2 of that table opposite to the name of that authority which amounts are, in total, £1,439,170,312.
21 
Article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, the 1987 No.2 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1987-88), article 7 of, and Schedule 3 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1986-87), article 12 of, and Schedule 4 to, the 1987 Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1985-86) and article 15 of, and Schedule 5 to, that Order (which made provision for the apportionment of the needs element for 1984-85) are hereby revoked.
Malcolm Rifkind
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
New St. Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
8th December 1987We consent,
David Lightbown
Michael Neubert
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th December 1987
SCHEDULE 1


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Relevant enactment conferring power Relevant amending enactment Relevant provision of this Order
Section 95 of the 1963 Act. Section 13 of the 1966 Act. Paragraph 24 of Part II of Schedule 6 to the 1975 Act. Article 5.
Section 2(4) of the 1966 Act. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Article 2(2).
Section 3 of the 1966 Act. Section 120(1)(a) of the 1973 Act. Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to the 1982 Act. Articles 2(1), 6, 11, 15 and 18.
Section 4 and 45(2) of the 1966 Act Section 3 of, and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to, the 1982 Act. Articles 7, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19 and 21.
Paragraph 2A of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act. Section 27 of the 1987 Act. Article 3(1) and Schedule 2.
Paragraph 3, as read with paragraph 3A, of Part I of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act. Paragraph 5(b) of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Section 1(1) of the 1984 Act. Articles 3(2), 8, 13, 17, 20 and Schedules 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Paragraph 1 of Part III of Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 1975 Act. Article 4.
SCHEDULE 2
Article 3(1)


Column 1 Column 2
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 75,000
Central 106,000
Dumfries and Galloway 90,000
Fife 198,000
Grampian 75,000
Highland 141,000
Lothian 1,254,000
Strathclyde 933,000
Tayside 316,000
Island Councils
Orkney 3,000
Shetland 0
Western Isles 9,000
SCHEDULE 3
Article 3(2)


Column 1 Column 2
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 34,805,055
Central 72,655,079
Dumfries and Galloway 46,132,434
Fife 100,504,006
Grampian 149,630,376
Highland 88,074,796
Lothian 180,661,678
Strathclyde 766,787,576
Tayside
District Councils
Berwickshire 222,388
Ettrick and Lauderdale 398,339
Roxburgh 923,063
Tweedale 173,564
Clackmannan 571,267
Falkirk 1,815,514
Stirling 972,546
Annandale and Eskdale 430,047
Nithsdale 683,455
Stewartry 275,841
Wigtown 363,698
Dunfermline 1,544,632
Kirkcaldy 2,031,657
North East Fife 789,370
Aberdeen City 4,347,741
Banff and Buchan 997,062
Gordon 839,249
Kincardine and Deeside 559,420
Moray 1,016,473
Badenoch and Strathspey 124,930
Caithness 497,510
Inverness 703,531
Lochaber 295,427
Nairn 128,778
Ross and Cromarty 1,069,908
Skye and Lockalsh 246,853
Sutherland 422,102
East Lothian 982,692
Edinburgh City 13,764,414
Midlothian 974,008
West Lothian 1,696,999
Argyll and Bute 2,736,179
Bearsden and Milngavie 581,457
Clydebank 3,198,046
Clydesdale 696,730
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 753,172
Cumnock and Doon valley 948,523
Cunninghame 2,125,879
Dumbarton 1,046,788
East Kilbride 979,774
Eastwood 664,063
Glasgow City 46,777,906
Hamilton 1,286,925
Inverclyde 2,551,436
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1,053,372
Kyle and Carrick 1,454,402
Monklands 2,569,379
Motherwell 2,535,751
Renfrew 4,836,079
Strathkelvin 1,155,549
Angus 1,128,054
Dundee City 5,971,349
Perth and Kinross 1,463,638
Island Councils
Orkney 10,172,399
Shetland 11,723,274
Western Isles 23,955,911
SCHEDULE 4
Article 8


Column 1 Column 2
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 32,033,330
Central 65,302,223
Dumfries and Galloway 44,080,290
Fife 77,398,983
Grampian 136,791,042
Highland 79,446,533
Lothian 121,104,271
Strathclyde 618,854,141
Tayside 101,948,180
District Councils
Berwickshire 135,335
Ettrick and Lauderdale 375,018
Roxburgh 876,561
Tweedale 164,888
Clackmannan 0
Falkirk 1,621,467
Stirling 0
Annandale and Eskdale 367,910
Nithsdale 254,668
Stewartry 225,894
Wigtown 225,883
Dunfermline 1,463,492
Kirkcaldy 1,926,516
North East Fife 740,010
Aberdeen City 2,949,770
Banff and Buchan 861,329
Gordon 795,970
Kincardine and Deeside 532,904
Moray 963,378
Badenoch and Strathspey 118,125
Caithness 462,375
Inverness 666,472
Lochaber 280,064
Nairn 115,071
Ross and Cromarty 1,004,758
Skye and Lockalsh 166,609
Sutherland 398,867
East Lothian 0
Edinburgh City 0
Midlothian 363,546
West Lothian 1,458,064
Argyll and Bute 2,548,173
Bearsden and Milngavie 523,009
Clydebank 3,041,044
Clydesdale 19,183
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 174,454
Cumnock and Doon valley 363,041
Cunninghame 1,411,181
Dumbarton 315,277
East Kilbride 837,986
Eastwood 632,522
Glasgow City 29,975,369
Hamilton 1,215,428
Inverclyde 2,297,434
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 369,358
Kyle and Carrick 1,089,687
Monklands 2,207,968
Motherwell 2,319,567
Renfrew 3,754,975
Strathkelvin 898,361
Angus 1,071,667
Dundee City 5,191,998
Perth and Kinross 1,375,344
Island Councils
Orkney 9,243,635
Shetland 10,853,602
Western Isles 22,579,461
SCHEDULE 5
Article 13


Column 1 Column 2
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 29,312,460
Central 62,898,821
Dumfries and Galloway 40,253,188
Fife 78,335,446
Grampian 126,134,289
Highland 75,919,444
Lothian 146,638,094
Strathclyde 590,699,414
Tayside
District Councils
Berwickshire 195,102
Ettrick and Lauderdale 354,197
Roxburgh 868,256
Tweedale 154,899
Clackmannan 515,272
Falkirk 1,536,142
Stirling 0
Annandale and Eskdale 385,314
Nithsdale 617,009
Stewartry 247,486
Wigtown 323,058
Dunfermline 1,393,986
Kirkcaldy 1,914,137
North East Fife 704,828
Aberdeen City 2,733,534
Banff and Buchan 893,015
Gordon 737,830
Kincardine and Deeside 300,966
Moray 797,546
Badenoch and Strathspey 109,680
Caithness 453,505
Inverness 627,653
Lochaber 277,710
Nairn 108,435
Ross and Cromarty 996,806
Skye and Lockalsh 229,325
Sutherland 396,902
East Lothian 859,349
Edinburgh City 6,253,718
Midlothian 559,235
West Lothian 1,273,946
Argyll and Bute 2,577,882
Bearsden and Milngavie 545,056
Clydebank 2,708,905
Clydesdale 589,179
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 637,696
Cumnock and Doon valley 856,160
Cunninghame 1,681,619
Dumbarton 892,560
East Kilbride 891,977
Eastwood 596,329
Glasgow City 33,752,848
Hamilton 1,156,928
Inverclyde 2,373,476
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 985,256
Kyle and Carrick 1,205,906
Monklands 2,250,690
Motherwell 2,302,054
Renfrew 3,854,864
Strathkelvin 1,041,011
Angus 1,012,095
Dundee City 5,007,353
Perth and Kinross 1,289,729
Island Councils
Orkney 7,592,057
Shetland 10,032,447
Western Isles 20,805,151
SCHEDULE 6
Article 17


Column 1 Column 2
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 26,816,364
Central 59,616,924
Dumfries and Galloway 35,235,557
Fife 76,697,472
Grampian 121,198,256
Highland 70,514,161
Lothian 159,025,971
Strathclyde 623,815,676
Tayside 91,931,042
District Councils
Berwickshire 180,478
Ettrick and Lauderdale 326,658
Roxburgh 965,631
Tweedale 141,209
Clackmannan 33,088
Falkirk 1,636,010
Stirling 847,880
Annandale and Eskdale 351,308
Nithsdale 514,800
Stewartry 115,790
Wigtown 297,607
Dunfermline 1,335,903
Kirkcaldy 2,064,639
North East Fife 688,098
Aberdeen City 3,509,641
Banff and Buchan 730,967
Gordon 610,569
Kincardine and Deeside 427,525
Moray 720,042
Badenoch and Strathspey 97,124
Caithness 486,685
Inverness 488,531
Lochaber 309,050
Nairn 98,630
Ross and Cromarty 1,263,378
Skye and Lockalsh 223,052
Sutherland 357,094
East Lothian 870,004
Edinburgh City 9,566,739
Midlothian 512,259
West Lothian 1,116,975
Argyll and Bute 2,575,310
Bearsden and Milngavie 607,354
Clydebank 2,095,956
Clydesdale 611,848
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 546,663
Cumnock and Doon valley 682,700
Cunninghame 1,185,275
Dumbarton 853,477
East Kilbride 889,691
Eastwood 575,477
Glasgow City 31,804,085
Hamilton 214,962
Inverclyde 1,976,362
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 758,549
Kyle and Carrick 1,183,733
Monklands 2,124,931
Motherwell 2,007,042
Renfrew 2,393,715
Strathkelvin 1,151,538
Angus 982,310
Dundee City 4,552,965
Perth and Kinross 1,252,076
Island Councils
Orkney 7,459,314
Shetland 9,961,998
Western Isles 17,905,943
SCHEDULE 7
Article 20


Column 1 Column 2
Authority Amount £
Regional Councils
Borders 25,558,996
Central 64,944,416
Dumfries and Galloway 33,419,058
Fife 74,084,917
Grampian 119,540,756
Highland 66,913,532
Lothian 168,817,955
Strathclyde 642,488,782
Tayside 88,129,308
District Councils
Berwickshire 318,953
Ettrick and Lauderdale 669,381
Roxburgh 659,896
Tweedale 248,509
Clackmannan 995,233
Falkirk 3,048,781
Stirling 1,202,476
Annandale and Eskdale 600,790
Nithsdale 990,790
Stewartry 397,994
Wigtown 524,799
Dunfermline 2,667,531
Kirkcaldy 3,626,230
North East Fife 1,375,941
Aberdeen City 5,539,036
Banff and Buchan 1,749,273
Gordon 1,423,608
Kincardine and Deeside 823,392
Moray 1,614,640
Badenoch and Strathspey 205,041
Caithness 464,671
Inverness 794,371
Lochaber 446,830
Nairn 141,535
Ross and Cromarty 978,514
Skye and Lockalsh 221,573
Sutherland 310,156
East Lothian 1,315,158
Edinburgh City 6,601,217
Midlothian 1,108,356
West Lothian 2,586,591
Argyll and Bute 2,034,939
Bearsden and Milngavie 1,022,037
Clydebank 1,704,725
Clydesdale 1,213,497
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth 1,316,956
Cumnock and Doon valley 1,110,728
Cunninghame 2,724,130
Dumbarton 1,505,228
East Kilbride 1,751,701
Eastwood 930,285
Glasgow City 31,552,557
Hamilton 1,535,568
Inverclyde 2,542,744
Kilmarnock and Loudoun 1,952,872
Kyle and Carrick 2,382,325
Monklands 2,631,792
Motherwell 3,573,036
Renfrew 4,358,739
Strathkelvin 1,930,764
Angus 1,955,642
Dundee City 3,886,080
Perth and Kinross 2,515,804
Island Councils
Orkney 7,690,279
Shetland 10,243,710
Western Isles 17,510,510