Scottish Borders Council

E791562

council area authority in Scotland unitary authority

Scottish Borders Council is the local government authority responsible for providing public services and administration across the Scottish Borders area in southeastern Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Scottish Borders Council headquarters	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	council area authority in Scotland ⓘ unitary authority ⓘ
appliesLaw	Scots law NERFINISHED ⓘ
budgetFunction	manages local authority budget for the Scottish Borders ⓘ sets council tax for the Scottish Borders ⓘ
coatOfArms	coat of arms of Scottish Borders Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ
electionCycle	every five years ⓘ
electoralSystemUsed	single transferable vote ⓘ
employs	local government officers ⓘ
governingBodyOf	Scottish Borders council area NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDivision	council wards ⓘ
hasJurisdiction	local government in the Scottish Borders ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Newtown St Boswells NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
legalForm	unitary authority under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 ⓘ
legislativeBody	Scottish Borders Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Scottish Borders NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Scotland ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Europe/London ⓘ
numberOfCouncillors	34 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
oversees	Scottish Borders libraries NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Borders roads network ⓘ Scottish Borders schools ⓘ
partOf	local government in Scotland ⓘ
precededBy	Borders Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed	Scottish Borders NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	Berwickshire District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Borders Regional Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Roxburgh District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Tweeddale District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
responsibleFor	cultural and leisure services in the Scottish Borders ⓘ economic development in the Scottish Borders ⓘ education services in the Scottish Borders ⓘ environmental health in the Scottish Borders ⓘ housing services in the Scottish Borders ⓘ planning and building standards in the Scottish Borders ⓘ roads and transport services in the Scottish Borders ⓘ social care services in the Scottish Borders ⓘ waste collection and recycling in the Scottish Borders ⓘ
supervisedBy	Scottish Government NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeOfGovernment	elected council ⓘ
usesLanguage	Scots NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish Gaelic NERFINISHED ⓘ
website	https://www.scotborders.gov.uk/ ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Innerleithen → unitaryAuthority → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Newcastleton → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Hermitage → governedBy → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Scottish Borders council area → governedBy → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders council area → legislativeBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

subject surface form: Scottish Borders

Hawick → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Duns → governedBy → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

St Abbs → administeredBy → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Foulden → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Paxton → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Earlston → hasLocalGovernmentAuthority → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Swinton → hasLocalGovernmentArea → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Swinton → governedBy → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Cockburnspath → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Grantshouse → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Scottish local authorities → includeUnit → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Newtown St Boswells → administrativeCentreOf → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Newtown St Boswells → hasCouncilHeadquarters → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Borders Council headquarters

Newtown St Boswells → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ

Tweedsmuir village → governingBody → Scottish Borders Council ⓘ