Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/39/part/I/chapter/1/2007-05-02?timeline=true
Timestamp: 2017-11-21 16:17:03
Document Index: 610535659

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 4']

Version Superseded: 30/04/2010
08/11/1994 - Amendment
01/02/1996 - Amendment
30/04/2010 - Amendment
31/03/2016 - Amendment
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, Chapter 1.
Chapter 1S Local Government Areas, Authorities and Elections
1 Local government areas in Scotland.S
(1)Scotland shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act, have local government areas for the administration of local government on and after 1st April 1996.
(2)Scotland shall be divided into the local government areas named in column 1 of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act, and those areas shall comprise the areas described in column 2 of Part I.
(3)On 1st April 1996—
(a)all local government areas existing immediately before that date which are regions or districts; and
(b)all regional and district councils,
(4)Part II of Schedule 1 (provisions as to boundaries) shall have effect.
2 Constitution of councils.S
(1)For every local government area there shall be a council consisting of a convener and councillors.
(2)Subject to any provision of this Act [F1and of the M1Environment Act 1995], the council for each local government area shall on and after 1st April 1996 have all the functions exercised immediately before that date in relation to their area by any existing regional, islands or district council.
(3)The council for each local government area shall be a body corporate by the name “The Council” with the addition of the name of the particular area, and shall have a common seal.
F1Words in s. 2(2) inserted (1.2.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(1), Sch. 22 para. 232(1) (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 2
C1S. 2(3) excluded (27.4.1997) by 1973 c. 65, s. 23(1A) (as inserted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 6, ss. 1, 2(2))
M11995 c. 25
C2S. 3(1)(a) excluded (27.4.1997) by 1973 c. 65, s. 23(1A) (as inserted (27.4.1997) by 1997 c. 6, ss. 1, 2(2))
(a)the duration of the term of office (which may not extend beyond [F2the day on which the poll is held at] the next ordinary election of the council); and
F2Words in s. 4(3)(a) inserted (22.1.2002) by 2002 asp 1, s. 4(1)
F3S. 4(8) repealed (2.5.2007) by The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (Allowances and Expenses) Regulations 2007 (S.S.I. 2007/265), reg. 3
5 Elections and term of office of councillors.S
(2)Notwithstanding the provisions of section 43 of that Act of 1983 (day of ordinary local elections in Scotland), the first ordinary election of councillors for each council other than the councils of Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Western Isles shall take place on 6th April 1995.
(3)The second ordinary election of councillors shall take place in 1999, and ordinary elections shall take place [F5thereafter in the years in which, under section 2(2) of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46), polls at ordinary general elections for membership of the Scottish Parliament fall to be held].
(4)Councillors shall retire on the day [F6on which the poll is held at] the ordinary election next following the date on which they were elected.
F4S. 5(1) repealed (2.5.2007) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 5(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)
F5Words in s. 5(3) substituted (22.1.2002) by 2002 asp 1, s. 1
F6Words in s. 5(4) substituted (22.1.2002) by 2002 asp 1, s. 4(2)
F7S. 5(5) repealed (2.5.2007) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 5(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)
F8S. 5(6) repealed (2.5.2007) by Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9), ss. 5(2), 17(2); S.S.I. 2007/25, art. 2(2)
C3S. 5 applied (1.4.1996) by 1973 c. 65, s. 235(1) (as substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 92(66)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))
S. 5 applied (1.4.1996) by 1988 c. 47, s. 22(2) (as substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 158(3)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(b)(c))
6 Date of elections.S
For subsection (1) of section 43 of the Representation of the M2People Act 1983 (day of ordinary local elections in Scotland) substitute—
“(1)In every year in which ordinary elections of councillors for local government areas in Scotland are held, the day of election is—
(1A)An order made under subsection (1)(b) above shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.”.