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Orkney Islands Council

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Admin HQ
  
Kirkwall

ONS code
  
S12000023

Founded
  
1974

Area rank
  
Ranked 16th

ISO 3166 code
  
GB-ORK

Orkney Islands Council

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The Orkney Islands Council is the local authority for Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and was largely unaffected by the Scottish local government changes of the mid-1990s.

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The council consists of 21 members, all of whom are independent, that is they do not stand as representatives of a political party.

It provides services in the areas of Environmental Health, Roads, Social Work, Community Development, Organisational Development, Economic Development, Building Standards, Trading Standards, Housing, Waste, Education, Burial Grounds, Port and Harbours and others. The council is allowed to collect Council Tax.

The council is also the harbour authority for Orkney and its Marine Services division manages the operation of the islands' 29 piers and harbours.

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References

Orkney Islands Council Wikipedia