Stirling County Council

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Corporate body

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Stirling County Council

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        Dates of existence

        1890 - 1975

        History

        Stirling County Council was an elected body established by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict., c. 50). County Councils inherited almost all the functions of commissioners of supply, and those of county road trusts and local authorities set up under the Contagious Diseases (Animals) Acts. They also took over some administrative powers from the justices of the peace, but not their licensing or judicial functions.

        The responsibilities of the commissioners of supply for police matters were transferred to standing joint committees made up of commissioners of supply and county councillors. County councils were required to appoint full-time county medical officers of health and sanitary inspectors, and the local public health functions of parochial boards in landward areas were transferred to district committees of the county councils.

        The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929 (19 & 20 Geo. V, c.25) abolished district committees, standing joint committees, commissioners of supply, parish councils, education authorities and other bodies, and transferred all or most of their functions to county councils. The main impact was in the areas of the poor law and education. County councils were now responsible for education everywhere except in the four counties of cities, and for the poor law and public health except in the counties of cities and large burghs. The act also required the councils to prepare a scheme for coverage of their areas by district councils which might have certain functions delegated to them by the county council.

        County councils were abolished in 1975 and their powers transferred to regional, islands and district councils (Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, c.65). The majority of the former Stirling County Council area was incorporated within Central Regional Council, the remainder coming under Strathclyde Regional Council.

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        Related entity

        Stirling Central District Council (1930 - 1975)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0008

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        associative

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        Stirling Western No 1 District Council (1845 - 1975)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0009

        Category of relationship

        associative

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        Stirling Western No 2 District Council (1845 - 1975)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0010

        Category of relationship

        associative

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        Stirling Western No 3 District Council (1845 - 1975)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0015

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        associative

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        Stirling County Council District Committees (1889 - 1929)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0002

        Category of relationship

        hierarchical

        Type of relationship

        Stirling County Council District Committees is the subordinate of Stirling County Council

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        Stirling County Council Assessor's Department (1890 - 1975)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0471

        Category of relationship

        hierarchical

        Type of relationship

        Stirling County Council Assessor's Department is controlled by Stirling County Council

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        Stirling County Commissioners of Supply (1667 – 1930)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0036

        Category of relationship

        temporal

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        Stirling County Commissioners of Supply is the predecessor of Stirling County Council

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        Related entity

        Central Regional Council (1975 – 1996)

        Identifier of related entity

        C0120

        Category of relationship

        temporal

        Type of relationship

        Central Regional Council is the successor of Stirling County Council

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        Authority record identifier

        C0001

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        Rules and/or conventions used

        ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997)

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        Created 05 Jan 2018; updated 08 Sep 2020

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        • English

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