Lieutenancy areas o Scotland
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The lieutenancy areas o Scotland (Inglis: Lieutenancy areas of Scotland) is the areas uised fur the ceremonial lord-lieutenants, the monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different frae the local government council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the umwhile regions an districts, the umwhile counties o Scotland, an the sindry ither subdivisions of Scotland.
The Lord Provosts o Aiberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, an Glesgae forby act ex officio as lord-lieutenants. This is a unique richt in the Unitit Kinrick: aw ither lord-lieutenants is appyntit bi the monarch, rather than bein eleckit politeecians.
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Definition o the areas
[eedit | eedit soorce]Ilka Lord-Lieutenant o a coonty hauldin office immediately prior tae 16 Mey 1975 wis appointit tae a region or pairt o a region as follaes:
| Coonty | Umwhile Region | Title | Pairt o Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiberdeen | Grampian | Aiberdeenshire | The Coonty o Aiberdeen as existin afore 16 Mey 1975, except that pairt in the Ceety o Aiberdeen |
| Angus | Tayside | Angus | Destrict o Angus |
| Argyll | Strathclyde | Argyll an Bute | Destrict o Argyll an Bute |
| Ayr | Strathclyde | Ayrshire an Arran | Destricts o Cunninghame, Kilmarnock an Loudoun, Kyle an Carrick an Cumnock an Doon Valley |
| Banff | Grampian | Banffshire | the coonty o Banff as existin afore 16 May 1975 |
| Berwick | Borders | Berwickshire | Destrict o Berwickshire |
| Caithness | Hieland | Caithness | Destrict o Caithness |
| Clackmannan | Central | Clackmannan | Destrict o Clackmannan |
| Dumfries | Dumfries an Galloway | Dumfries | Destricts o Nithsdale an Annandale an Eskdale |
| Dunbarton | Strathclyde | Dunbartonshire | Destricts o Dumbarton, Clydebank, Bearsden an Milngavie, Strathkelvin an Cumbernauld an Kilsyth |
| East Lothian | Lothian | East Lothian | Destrict o East Lothian |
| Fife | Fife | Fife | Entire Region |
| Inverness | Hieland | Inverness | Destricts o Lochaber, Inverness and Badenoch and Strathspey |
| Kincardine | Grampian | Kincardineshire | The coonty o Kincardine as existin afore 16 Mey 1975, except that pairt in the Ceety o Aiberdeen |
| Kinross (held jointly with Perth) | Tayside | Perth an Kinross | Destrict o Perth an Kinross |
| Stewartry o Kirkcudbright | Dumfries an Galloway | The Stewartry o Kirkcudbright | Destrict o Stewartry |
| Lanark | Strathclyde | Lanarkshire | Destricts o Monklands, Mitherwell, Hamilton, East Kilbride an Lanark |
| Midlothian | Lothian | Midlothian | Destrict o Midlothian |
| Moray | Grampian | Morayshire | Such pairt o the coonty o Moray as existin afore 16 Mey 1975 as lies athin the Region |
| Nairn | Hieland | Nairn | Destrict o Nairn |
| Orkney | Orkney Islands area | Orkney | Entire area |
| Peebles | Borders | Tweeddale | Destrict o Tweeddale |
| Perth (held jointly wi Kinross) | Tayside | Perth an Kinross | Destrict o Perth an Kinross |
| Renfrew | Strathclyde | Renfrewshire | Destricts o Eastwood, Renfrew an Inverclyde |
| Ross an Cromarty | Hieland | Ross an Cromarty | Destricts o Ross an Cromarty an Skye an Lochalsh |
| Roxburgh (held jointly wi Selkirk) | Borders | Roxburgh (held wi Ettrick an Lauderdale) | Destrict o Roxburgh |
| Selkirk (held jointly wi Roxburgh) | Borders | Ettrick an Lauderdale (held wi Roxburgh) | Destrict o Ettrick an Lauderdale |
| Stirling | Central | Stirling an Falkirk | Destricts o Stirling an Falkirk |
| Sutherland | Hieland | Sutherland | Destrict o Sutherland |
| Wast Lothian | Lothian | Wast Lothian | Destrict o Wast Lothian |
| - | Wastren Isles Islands area | Wastren Isles | Entire area |
| Wigtoun | Dumfries an Galloway | Wigtown | Destrict o Wigtoun |
| Zetland | Shetland Islands area | Shetland | Entire area |
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- The Lord-Lieutenants Order 1975 1975 No. 428
- The Lord-Lieutenants (Scotland) Order 1996, Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 731 (S.83).
