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Tayside region was divided into three districts: Angus, Dundee, and Perth and Kinross. [2] Tayside region was abolished in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas. Each of Tayside's three districts became a separate council area, with some adjustments to ...
The following is a list of places in the Tayside region of Scotland. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Aberfeldy Alyth ...
Regions had a two-tier system of local government, with each region divided into districts, varying from 3 to 19 in number. The top tier of local government was the regional council. Services provided at the regional level were those needing greater finance or resources, or best exercised over a wide area.
Perth and Kinross was created as one of the districts within the Tayside region. As established in 1975, Perth and Kinross covered the whole of Kinross-shire, and the majority of the pre-1975 Perthshire, with three exceptions: a large area in the south-west of the county which went to the new Stirling district, Muckhart which went to ...
Further local government reforms in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 saw the regions and districts created in 1975 abolished and replaced with council areas providing all local government services. Angus district became one of the new council areas, taking on the functions of the abolished Tayside Regional Council.
The DD postcode area, also known as the Dundee postcode area, [2] is a group of eleven postcode districts in eastern Scotland, within nine post towns.These cover Dundee and Angus (including Forfar, Arbroath, Brechin, Carnoustie, Kirriemuir and Montrose), plus part of north-east Fife (including Newport-on-Tay and Tayport) and small parts of Perth and Kinross and Aberdeenshire.
The parish of Muckhart was made part of Clackmannan District, also in the Central Region. Longforgan was included in the City of Dundee District, in the Tayside Region. The remainder of Perthshire was combined with Kinross-shire and the Angus parish of Kettins to form the Perth and Kinross District Council in Tayside.
With effect from 16 May 1975 and until 31 March 1996 the local government divisions of Scotland consisted of an upper tier of regions each containing a lower tier of districts except for the single-tier island council areas. Since 1996 there has only been a single tier of government, and the former island council areas are of equal status to ...