Scottish Local Authority Areas

Local government in Scotland comprises 32 unitary local authorities, which are responsible for the provision of a range of public services such as education, licensing regulations, social care, transport and waste management. The current authority boundaries are largely a result of reorganization that took place in 1996, following the enactment of the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 which abolished the two tier structure of regions and districts. The Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland is responsible for recommendations on the definition of local authority boundaries, however, the definitive dataset is delineated by Ordnance Survey for inclusion in their BoundaryLine product.

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	December 27, 2019, 04:54 (EST)
Created	December 27, 2019, 04:54 (EST)
GUID	1cd57ea6-8d6e-412b-a9dd-d1c89a80ad62
UKLP	True
access_constraints	["No limitations on public access"]
bbox-east-long	-0.71
bbox-north-lat	60.87
bbox-south-lat	54.63
bbox-west-long	-8.8
coupled-resource	[]
dataset-reference-date	[{"type": "creation", "value": "1996-04-01"}, {"type": "revision", "value": "2019-04-01"}]
encoding	utf8
frequency-of-update	asNeeded
harvest_url	https://data.gov.uk/dataset/9187c32a-7110-4db7-b61d-902800aaae49
licence	["The following attribution statement must be used to acknowledge the source of the information: Contains Ordnance Survey data \u00a9 Crown copyright and database right (insert year)"]
metadata-date	2019-04-02
metadata-language	eng
progress
provider
resource-type	dataset
responsible-party	The Improvement Service (distributor); Ordnance Survey (distributor); Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland (originator)
spatial	{"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-0.71, 54.63], [-8.8, 54.63], [-8.8, 60.87], [-0.71, 60.87], [-0.71, 54.63]]]}
spatial-data-service-type
spatial-reference-system	OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG:27700)