1973 To 1996
- Main article: Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 created a system of nine two-tier regions and three unitary islands council areas, and this system completely replaced local government counties and burghs in 1975.
Each two-tier region had a regional council and of a number of district subdivisions, each with its own district council. The number of districts in each region varied from three to 19.
The 1973 Act was based closely on proposals in the Wheatley Report, produced by a Royal Commission into Scottish local government in 1969. The new regions and districts were generally very different from the counties and districts which they replaced.
Two of the new islands council areas had the boundaries of former counties. The third consisted of an area formerly divided between two counties.
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