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Statutory Instruments
HOUSING, SCOTLAND
Made
25th February 1987
Coming into force
26th February 1987
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 1, 2 and 3 of the Housing (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1978(1), and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, since it appears to him that after the time when the amount mentioned in section 1(2)(a) of the said Act was estimated for 1986-87 the eligible expenditure of local authorities for that year has been substantially decreased by reason of changes which have taken place in the level of the matters specified in section 1(3)(b) of the said Act, and that account was not taken of those changes when the amount mentioned as aforesaid was estimated, and after such consultation with such associations of local authorities as appear to him to be concerned as is required by the said sections 1, 2 and 3, and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been approved by the House of Commons:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Variation Order 1987 and shall come into force forthwith.
(2) In this Order "the Order of 1986" means the Housing Support Grant (Scotland) Order 1986(2).
(3) Unless the context otherwise requires, expressions used in this Order shall have the same meaning as in the Order of 1986.
2. For the aggregate amount of housing support grants and the general and hostel portionsthereof fixed for the year 1986-87 by articles 2 and 3 of the Order of 1986 (as indicated in parenthesis in the second column of the following table) there shall be substituted the amount and portions set out in the third column thereof:-�
| £ | £ | |
|---|---|---|
| Aggregate amount | (50,728,464) | 44,469,760 |
| General portion | (49,775,753) | 43,531,491 |
| Hostel portion | (952,711) | 938,269. |
3.-(1) The general portion of housing support grants shall be apportioned among appropriate local authorities in proportion to their estimated net expenditures assessed in the manner provided in the Schedule to the Order of 1986.
(2) The hostel portion shall be apportioned among appropriate local authorities in proportion to their estimated net expenditures for the year 1986-87 on the provision of hostels and lodging houses.
Michael Ancram
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,Scottish Office
New St. Andrew's House,
Edinburgh
17th February 1987
We consent,
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Tony Durant
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
25th February 1987
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order in relation to the year 1986-87 decreases the aggregate amount of housing support grants and the portions thereof payable to certain local authorities in Scotland.
1978 c. 14; sections 1 and 2 were amended by the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), sections 21 and 22, both read with section 23.
S.I. 1986/388.
