Region of Tayside
| Tayside Taobh Tatha |
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|---|---|
| Region | |
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| Area | |
| 2,903 sq mi (7519 km2) | |
| Population | |
| • 1981 | 397,055 |
| • 1991 | 392,500 |
| History | |
| • Preceded by |
Dundee Corporation Perthshire County Council Kinrosshire County Council Angus County Council |
| • Origin | Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 |
| • Created | 15 May 1975 |
| • Abolished | 31 March 1996 |
| • Succeeded by |
Dundee City Council Perth & Kinross Angus |
| Government | Tayside Regional Council |
| • Type | Regional council |
| • HQ | Tayside House, Dundee |
| Subdivisions | |
| • Type | Districts |
| • Units |
Angus District Council Dundee District Council Perth & Kinross District Council |
Tayside (Scottish Gaelic: Taobh Tatha) was a local government region of Scotland from 15 May 1975 to 31 March 1996. It was created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, following recommendations made by the 1969 Wheatley Report which attempted to replace the mishmash of counties, cities, burghs and districts, with a uniform two-tier system of regional and district councils. Following the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, it is now divided into the council areas of Angus, the City of Dundee and Perth and Kinross, which had previously been the region's districts.
Tayside Regional Council directly operated local bus services in the City of Dundee from 1975 until 1986, when bus deregulation under terms of the Transport Act 1985 was implemented. The restructured Tayside Buses became employee-owned in 1991, was sold to National Express in 1997, and today trades as Xplore Dundee.
Tayside continues to have a joint electoral, valuation, and health board. It also retained its police and fire services until they were merged, on 1 April 2013, into bodies known as Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, which cover the whole of Scotland.
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