Shetland Islands Council

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council area local government authority unitary authority

Shetland Islands Council is the local government authority responsible for providing public services and administration across the Shetland Islands archipelago in Scotland.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shetland Islands Council area	3
Shetland Islands council area	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	council area ⓘ local government authority ⓘ unitary authority ⓘ
appliesToTerritorialEntity	Shetland ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands
coatOfArms	coat of arms of Shetland Islands Council ⓘ
country	Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
executiveBody	Shetland Islands Council self-link ⓘ
follows	Scottish local government legislation ⓘ
governs	Northern Isles ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands archipelago
hasGovernmentBranch	council administration ⓘ elected council ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm	single-tier local authority ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ Scots ⓘ Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
hasLeaderTitle	Convener ⓘ Council Leader ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Shetland electoral wards ⓘ
hasVotingSystem	single transferable vote ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.shetland.gov.uk/ ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Lerwick ⓘ
jurisdiction	Shetland ⓘ Shetland ⓘ surface form: Shetland Islands
legislativeBody	Shetland Islands Council self-link ⓘ
locatedIn	North Atlantic area ⓘ surface form: North Atlantic Ocean region
locatedInTimeZone	British Summer Time ⓘ UTC±00:00 ⓘ
partOf	Orkney and Shetland Westminster constituency ⓘ Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ surface form: Shetland parliamentary constituency local government in Scotland ⓘ
region	Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament region) ⓘ surface form: Highlands and Islands Northern Isles ⓘ
responsibleFor	cultural and leisure services in Shetland ⓘ economic development in Shetland ⓘ education services in Shetland ⓘ environmental health in Shetland ⓘ harbour and port services in Shetland ⓘ housing services in Shetland ⓘ planning and building standards in Shetland ⓘ social care services in Shetland ⓘ transport services in Shetland ⓘ waste management in Shetland ⓘ
seat	Lerwick ⓘ
subdivisionType	council area ⓘ
uses	Shetland Islands Council logo ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

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

Bressay → administeredBy → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

Yell → administeredBy → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

Bluemull Sound → administrativeArea → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands Council area

West Sandwick → administrativeArea → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

Yell Sound → administrativeRegion → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands Council area

Shetland Islands Council → executiveBody → Shetland Islands Council self-link ⓘ

Cullivoe → governingBody → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

Mid Yell → governingBody → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

Shetland → governingBody → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

Shetland Islands Council → legislativeBody → Shetland Islands Council self-link ⓘ

Fetlar → localAuthority → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

Burravoe → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands Council area

Aywick → partOf → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands council area

Cullivoe → partOf → Shetland Islands Council ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shetland Islands council area