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Between 1974
and 1996 (under the 1973 Local Government (Scotland) Act), most
of Scotland had a two-tier system of local government, where 53
district councils were responsible for some functions and 9 regional
councils were responsible for others. Three island areas - Western
Isles, Orkney, and Shetland - were governed by single-tier island
authorities. New Town Corporations operated in five towns in the
central belt (Cumbernauld, East Kilbride, Glenrothes, Irvine, and
Livingston), and shared responsibility for services such as housing,
planning, and economic development with regional and district councils
in each area. From 1996 onwards, under the Local Government etc
(Scotland) Act 1994, single-tier councils were created which inherited
most of the functions of regional, district, and island councils.
New Town Corporations were wound up between 1991 and 1996. Some
services, such as water and sewerage, were removed entirely from
local government, and other services, such as policing, are managed
by joint arrangements.
Click on one of these for more detail:
regional
councils
district
councils
community
councils
new
town corporations
post-1996
councils
a
list of regional and district councils 1974-1996
Survival and location of records
Of the island councils, Orkney and Shetland
both set up archive services and these continue under the present
councils. Enquiries regarding the records of Western Isles Council
should be addressed to Comhairle
Nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) Library Service. Records
created by regional councils and district councils should, in theory,
vest in the successor single-tier authorities, but the position,
especially regarding regional council records, is complicated by
the break up of several large regions, most notably Strathclyde
(most of whose surviving records are held by Glasgow City Archives),
Central (most of whose surviving records are held by Stirling Council
Archives), and Grampian (most of whose surviving records are held
by Aberdeenshire Archives).
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1.
Where can I see minutes of the meetings of a current local authority
or its committees?
2.
Where can I see minutes of the meetings of a regional or district
council or its committees?
3.
Where can I see a copy of Strathclyde Region's Strathclyde Structure
Plan, or its component parts?
4.
How can valuation rolls help me prove I was a council tenant for
a number of years (for example, to claim a discount when purchasing
a council house)?
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