Place:Moray (council area), Scotland

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Moray (Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh or Moireabh) is one of the 32 Local Government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.

Governance

The Moray council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, employing the boundaries of the former Moray district of the two-tier Grampian Region.

Local government districts had their own directly elected councils. Therefore, they were said to be part of a two-tier system of local government. This was abolished by the 1994 legislation, in favour of unitary council areas. The districts, and the regions, had been formed in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

The Moray district (1975-1996) was formed by combining the local government county of Moray area, except Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale areas (which went to the Highland Region), plus the Aberlour, Buckie, Cullen, Dufftown, Findochty, Keith and Portknockie areas of the county of Banff. The Grantown-on-Spey and Cromdale areas were combined with Kingussie and Badenoch areas of the county of Inverness to form the Badenoch and Strathspey district of the Highland region.

While its headquarters are in Elgin, there are also area offices in other towns, including Forres, Buckie and Keith.

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