Strathclyde Regional Council was one of nine regional councils created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and came into operation in May 1975. This council covered the whole of the former counties of Ayrshire, Bute, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire, almost all of Argyllshire, part of Stirlingshire and the whole of Glasgow City. Strathclyde Regional Council inherited the powers and duties of the former county councils and Glasgow Corporation, including responsibility for schools and police. Regional Councils were abolished in 1996.
The main functions of the Regional Council were:
- Education
- Social Work
- Voters and Valuation Rolls
- Police
- Fire
- Water
- Sewerage
- Transport
- Consumer and Trading Standards
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