
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Police Grant (No. 2) (Scotland) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 15th April 1998.
(2) In this Order, unless the context otherwise requires–
 “the Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;
 “authority” means a police authority (not being a constituent authority) or a joint police board;
 “financial year 1998-99” means the period of 12 months commencing on 1st April 1998;
 “police grant” means the grant made under section 32(1) of the Act.
2 
The aggregate amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 1998-99 shall be £348,885,000.
3 
The amount of police grant to be made for the financial year 1998-99 to each authority specified in column 1 of the Table below shall be the amount determined in relation to that authority which is set out in column 2 of that Table opposite to the name of that authority–

(1) (2)
Authority Amount of Grant
Central Scotland Joint Police Board £15,601,000
Dumfries and Galloway Council £9,855,000
Fife Council £18,347,000
Grampian Joint Police Board £30,137,000
Lothian and Borders Joint Police Board £63,600,000
Northern Joint Police Board £17,350,000
Strathclyde Joint Police Board £167,232,000
Tayside Joint Police Board £26,763,000
4 
The police grant payable to an authority by virtue of this Order for the financial year 1998-99 shall be paid to that authority in equal monthly instalments on the 15th day of each month during that year.
Henry McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
19th March 1998We approve,
Graham Allen
Bob Ainsworth
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
23rd March 1998