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A full list of local councils in Scotland can be found on [http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/list/scotland_council WhatDoTheyKnow.com]
A full list of local councils in Scotland can be found on [http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/body/list/scotland_council WhatDoTheyKnow.com]


* {{WDTK|Aberdeen City Council|aberdeen_city_council}}
Section 2 of the Act establishes a council for each local government area, each having a name of "The Council" with the addition of the name of the area.  Under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, a Council can change the name of their area, and if they change it into Gaelic, can use "Comhairle" in place of "The Council".  Schedule 1 Part 1 of the 1994 Act lists the following local government areas:
* {{WDTK|Aberdeenshire Council|aberdeenshire_council}}
 
* {{WDTK|Angus Council|angus_council}}
* {{WDTK|City of Aberdeen|aberdeen_city_council}}
* {{WDTK|Argyll and Bute Council|argyll_bute_council}}
* {{WDTK|Aberdeenshire|aberdeenshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|City of Edinburgh Council|edinburgh_council}}
* {{WDTK|Angus|angus_council}}
* {{WDTK|Clackmannanshire Council|clackmannanshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Argyll and Bute|argyll_bute_council}}
* {{WDTK|Comhairle nan Eilean Siar / Western Isles Council|comhairle_nan_eilean_siar_western_isles_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Ayrshire|east_ayrshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Dumfries and Galloway Council|dumfries_galloway_council}}
* {{WDTK|North Ayrshire|north_ayrshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Dundee City Council|dundee_city_council}}
* {{WDTK|South Ayrshire|south_ayrshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Ayrshire Council|east_ayrshire_council}}
* The Borders, renamed 1995-04-25[http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/23789/pages/1333/page.pdf] to {{WDTK|Scottish Borders|scottish_borders_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Dunbartonshire Council|east_dunbartonshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Clackmannan|clackmannanshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Lothian Council|east_lothian_council}}
* {{WDTK|Dumbarton and Clydebank|west_dunbartonshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Renfrewshire Council|east_renfrewshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Dumfries and Galloway|dumfries_galloway_council}}
* {{WDTK|Falkirk Council|falkirk_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Dunbartonshire|east_dunbartonshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Fife Council|fife_council}}
* {{WDTK|City of Dundee|dundee_city_council}}
* {{WDTK|Glasgow City Council|glasgow_council}}
* {{WDTK|City of Edinburgh|edinburgh_council}}
* {{WDTK|Highland Council|highland_council}}
* {{WDTK|Falkirk|falkirk_council}}
* {{WDTK|Inverclyde Council|inverclyde_council}}
* {{WDTK|Fife|fife_council}}
* {{WDTK|Midlothian Council|midlothian_council}}
* {{WDTK|City of Glasgow|glasgow_council}}
* {{WDTK|Moray Council|moray_council}}
* {{WDTK|Highland|highland_council}}
* {{WDTK|North Ayrshire Council|north_ayrshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Inverclyde|inverclyde_council}}
* {{WDTK|North Lanarkshire Council|north_lanarkshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|North Lanarkshire|north_lanarkshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Orkney Islands Council|orkney_islands_council}}
* {{WDTK|South Lanarkshire|south_lanarkshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Perth and Kinross Council|perth_kinross_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Lothian|east_lothian_council}}
* {{WDTK|Renfrewshire Council|renfrewshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Midlothian|midlothian_council}}
* {{WDTK|Scottish Borders Council|scottish_borders_council}}
* {{WDTK|West Lothian|west_lothian_council}}
* {{WDTK|Shetland Islands Council|shetland_islands_council}}
* {{WDTK|Moray|moray_council}}
* {{WDTK|South Ayrshire Council|south_ayrshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Orkney Islands|orkney_islands_council}}
* {{WDTK|South Lanarkshire Council|south_lanarkshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Perthshire and Kinross|perth_kinross_council}}
* {{WDTK|Stirling Council|stirling_council}}
* {{WDTK|East Renfrewshire|east_renfrewshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|West Dunbartonshire Council|west_dunbartonshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|Renfrewshire|renfrewshire_council}}
* {{WDTK|West Lothian Council|west_lothian_council}}
* {{WDTK|Shetland Islands|shetland_islands_council}}
* {{WDTK|Stirling|stirling_council}}
* Western Isles, renamed 1998-01-01[http://www.edinburgh-gazette.co.uk/issues/24288/pages/2733/page.pdf] to {{WDTK|Na h-Eileanan an Iar|comhairle_nan_eilean_siar_western_isles_council}}
 
[[Category:types of public authority]]

Latest revision as of 02:17, 4 April 2010

FOISA Schedule I includes:

21 A council constituted by section 2 of [the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39)]

A full list of local councils in Scotland can be found on WhatDoTheyKnow.com

Section 2 of the Act establishes a council for each local government area, each having a name of "The Council" with the addition of the name of the area. Under section 23 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, a Council can change the name of their area, and if they change it into Gaelic, can use "Comhairle" in place of "The Council". Schedule 1 Part 1 of the 1994 Act lists the following local government areas:

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