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The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland. It abolished the two-tier structure of regions and districts created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 which had previously covered Scotland except for the islands council areas. The Act came into effect on 1 April 1996, applying beginning with the 1995 Scottish local elections.

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  • The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland. It abolished the two-tier structure of regions and districts created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 which had previously covered Scotland except for the islands council areas. The Act came into effect on 1 April 1996, applying beginning with the 1995 Scottish local elections. (en)
  • La Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 en français, loi de gouvernement local de l'Écosse de 1994, est une loi du Parlement du Royaume-Uni qui a organisé l'actuelle structure de gouvernement local de l'Écosse à travers ses 32 autorités unitaires : les Council Areas. Elle a aboli la structure à deux niveaux des régions et des districts en vigueur depuis 1975 à la suite du Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. La loi est entrée en vigueur le 1er avril 1996, s'appliquant à partir des élections locales écossaises de 1995. (fr)
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  • An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities; to make amendments in relation to local government finance, local authority accounts and the records of local authorities; to establish a Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority for the purposes of the Transport Act 1968; to provide for the establishment of new water and sewerage authorities; to provide for the establishment of a council to represent the interests of customers and potential customers of those new authorities; to provide for the vesting in those new authorities of the property, rights and liabilities of the Central Scotland Water Development Board and of such property, rights and liabilities of regional and islands councils as those councils have as water authorities, as providers of sewerage and in relation to dealing with the contents of sewers; to provide for the dissolution of that Board; to cancel certain obligations to contribute towards expenses which have been incurred by local authorities in making provision for sewerage or disposal of sewage in rural localities; to create an office of Principal Reporter and transfer to him the functions of reporters to children’s hearings; to establish a body to facilitate the performance by the Principal Reporter of his functions; to amend the Social Work Act 1968 in relation to children’s hearings; to amend the procedure for making byelaws under section 121 of the Civic Government Act 1982; to transfer to local authorities responsibility for fixing and reviewing polling districts and polling places in Parliamentary elections; to amend section 21 of the Self-Governing Schools etc. Act 1989; to amend the law relating to roads and the placing of traffic signs on roads; to make amendments in relation to valuation and rating; to abolish the Scottish Valuation Advisory Council; to empower the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Authority to guarantee certain obligations; to empower local authorities to make grants to ethnic minorities; to confer on local authorities the function of promoting economic development; to provide for the establishment of area tourist boards; to make amendments in relation to lieutenancies; all as respects Scotland; and for connected purposes. (en)
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  • Parliament of the United Kingdom (en)
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  • Local Government etc. Act 1994 (en)
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  • The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure of 32 unitary authorities covering the whole of Scotland. It abolished the two-tier structure of regions and districts created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 which had previously covered Scotland except for the islands council areas. The Act came into effect on 1 April 1996, applying beginning with the 1995 Scottish local elections. (en)
  • La Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 en français, loi de gouvernement local de l'Écosse de 1994, est une loi du Parlement du Royaume-Uni qui a organisé l'actuelle structure de gouvernement local de l'Écosse à travers ses 32 autorités unitaires : les Council Areas. Elle a aboli la structure à deux niveaux des régions et des districts en vigueur depuis 1975 à la suite du Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. La loi est entrée en vigueur le 1er avril 1996, s'appliquant à partir des élections locales écossaises de 1995. (fr)
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  • Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (fr)
  • Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (en)
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