This can be found at www.saa.gov.uk
The following information will be assessed against non-domestic rates information from across Scotland. Applicants should respond accurately and truthfully. The council will reclaim any relief incorrectly awarded on incomplete, incorrect or fraudulent information.
Some reliefs are affected by subsidy control rules.
This relief may be offered as a Minimum Financial Assistance (MFA) subsidy under the Subsidy Control Act 2022. MFA is capped at a maximum of £315,000 over a three-period – cumulated over the current and previous two financial years.
To ensure that the Council complies with the subsidy regime, it may be required to cap relief at the MFA maximum limit. This may depend on:
NOTE: not all grants or reliefs are considered to be capped in this way.
You must consider whether you have already received support from any public sector body in the current financial year and the two financial years immediately preceding this.
Please complete the accompanying Subsidy Information Declaration Form
You are required to keep a written record of the amount of any MFA received, and the date/s when it was received, for at least three years from the date it was given. Any award of MFA exceeding £100,000 is subject to transparency requirements and will be published.
Please read this declaration carefully before you sign and submit it.