Administrative Area Reviews
The Commission has conducted a series of reviews of local authority areas to address situations where development has taken place across local authority boundaries, or where local authority areas established by the 1973 Act did not reflect local preferences. In the words of the 1973 Act, the Commission’s recommendations are made "in the interests of effective and convenient local government". The most recent reviews reported early in 2001 and proposed four small changes to the boundaries of authorities to avoid bisecting developed areas.
The 1973 Act gives the Commission powers to conduct wide-ranging reviews of local authority structures in Scotland. However, Ministers have currently directed the Commission to only conduct reviews affecting 300 electors or less.
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