Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision with respect to local government and the functions of local authorities in Scotland; to amend Part II of the Transport Act 1968; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1973 c. 65
Territorial extent	Scotland
Dates
Royal assent	25 January 1973
Commencement	16 May 1975
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes	Burgh Harbours (Scotland) Act 1853; Highland Roads and Bridges Act 1862; Cattle-sheds in Burghs Act 1866; Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act 1879; Roads and Streets in Police Burghs (Scotland) Act 1891; Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1894; Convention of Royal Burghs (Scotland) Act 1879, Amendment Act 1895; Orkney and Zetland Small Piers and Harbours Act 1896; Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1899; Town Councils (Scotland) Act 1900; House Letting and Rating (Scotland) Act 1911; Street Collections Regulation (Scotland) Act 1915; House Letting and Rating (Scotland) Act 1920; Public Libraries (Scotland) Act 1920; Roads and Streets in Police Burghs (Scotland) Act 1925; Local Authorities (Publicity) Act 1931; Health Resorts and Watering Places Act 1936; Association of County Councils (Scotland) Act 1946; Local Government (Scotland) Act 1951; Local Authorities (Expenditure on Special Purposes) (Scotland) Act 1961; Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947 (Amendment) Act 1965; National Mod (Scotland) Act 1969; Local Authorities (Qualification of Members) Act 1971; Rate Rebate Act 1973;
Amended by	Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982; Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975.

The act followed and largely implemented the report of the Royal Commission on Local Government in Scotland in 1969 (the Wheatley Report), and it made the most far-reaching changes to Scottish local government in centuries. It swept away the counties, burghs and districts established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1947, which were largely based on units of local government dating from the Middle Ages, and replaced them with a uniform two-tier system of regional and district councils (except in the islands, which were given unitary, all-purpose councils).

In England and Wales, the Local Government Act 1972 established a similar system of two-tier administrative county and district councils.