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class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Central_Regional_Council_Logo.png/330px-Central_Regional_Council_Logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Central_Regional_Council_Logo.png/440px-Central_Regional_Council_Logo.png 2x" data-file-width="1106" data-file-height="188" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Central_Regional_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Central within Scotland"><img alt="Central within Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Central_Regional_Council.svg/250px-Central_Regional_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Central_Regional_Council.svg/375px-Central_Regional_Council.svg.png 1.5x, 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class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • Origin</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Scotland)_Act_1973" title="Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Created</span></th><td class="infobox-data">16 May 1975</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Abolished</span></th><td class="infobox-data">31 March 1996</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire" title="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Falkirk_(council_area)" title="Falkirk (council area)">Falkirk</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Stirling_(council_area)" title="Stirling (council area)">Stirling</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Government</th><td class="infobox-data">Central Regional Council<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • Type</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Scotland_1973_to_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996">Regional Council</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"> • <a href="/wiki/Administrative_centre" title="Administrative centre">HQ</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Old_Viewforth" title="Old Viewforth">Viewforth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stirling" title="Stirling">Stirling</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Central region</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Local_government_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Local government of Scotland">local government</a> <a href="/wiki/Local_government_areas_of_Scotland_1973_to_1996" class="mw-redirect" title="Local government areas of Scotland 1973 to 1996">region</a> from 1975 to 1996, being one of twelve such regions across Scotland. The Regional Council's headquarters were at <a href="/wiki/Old_Viewforth" title="Old Viewforth">Viewforth</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stirling" title="Stirling">Stirling</a>, which had been previously the headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Stirlingshire" title="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire</a> County Council. Since 1996 the area has been divided into the <a href="/wiki/Council_areas" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas">council areas</a> of <a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire" title="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_(council_area)" title="Falkirk (council area)">Falkirk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stirling_(council_area)" title="Stirling (council area)">Stirling</a>, which had previously been districts within Central region. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Region,_Scotland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Central region was created in 1975 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Scotland)_Act_1973" title="Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973">Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973</a>, which established a two-tier structure of local government across mainland Scotland comprising upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Central region covered the whole area of the <a href="/wiki/Shires_of_Scotland" title="Shires of Scotland">county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire" title="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannanshire</a>, most of <a href="/wiki/Stirlingshire" title="Stirlingshire">Stirlingshire</a> and parts of <a href="/wiki/Perthshire" title="Perthshire">Perthshire</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Lothian" title="West Lothian">West Lothian</a>, which were all abolished for local government purposes at the same time. Central region was divided into three districts, called <a href="/wiki/Clackmannanshire" title="Clackmannanshire">Clackmannan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Falkirk_(council_area)" title="Falkirk (council area)">Falkirk</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stirling_(council_area)" title="Stirling (council area)">Stirling</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Dunblane_massacre" title="Dunblane massacre">Dunblane massacre</a> occurred within the last month of Central Regional Council's existence at one of its primary schools, in <a href="/wiki/Dunblane" title="Dunblane">Dunblane</a>. Responsibility for Dunblane Primary School was transferred to the new Stirling Council on the first day of its operations on 1 April 1996 when the Scottish Regional Councils disbanded under the reorganisation act of 1994. 10 days later, on 11 April 1996, the school gym where the massacre took place was demolished by the new council. The school was entirely refurbished in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Central region was abolished in 1996 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_etc._(Scotland)_Act_1994" title="Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994">Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994</a>, which replaced regions and districts with <a href="/wiki/Council_areas_of_Scotland" class="mw-redirect" title="Council areas of Scotland">unitary council areas</a>. Each of Central's three districts became a separate council area, with Clackmannan district changing its name to Clackmannanshire with effect from 1 April 1996, being the day the new arrangements came in to effect.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_Police" title="Central Scotland Police">Central Scotland Police</a> force, created in 1975 using the same boundaries as the region, was merged into <a href="/wiki/Police_Scotland" title="Police Scotland">Police Scotland</a> in 2013 with its territory forming one of the second-level <a href="/wiki/Police_division" title="Police division">divisions</a> from that point. At the same time, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Scotland_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service">Central Scotland Fire and Rescue Service</a> became part of the new <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Scottish Fire and Rescue Service">Scottish Fire and Rescue Service</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There continue to be electoral, valuation, and health boards for the area; the latter is called <a href="/wiki/NHS_Forth_Valley" title="NHS Forth Valley">NHS Forth Valley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_control">Political control</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Region,_Scotland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first election to Central Regional Council was held in 1974, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 16 May 1975. Political control of the council from 1975 was as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-compositions_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-compositions-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1975–1978 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Scottish Labour"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Labour" title="Scottish Labour">Labour</a></td> <td>1978–1996 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Premises">Premises</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Central_Region,_Scotland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Stirling_District_Council_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013612.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Stirling_District_Council_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013612.jpg/220px-Stirling_District_Council_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013612.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Stirling_District_Council_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013612.jpg/330px-Stirling_District_Council_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013612.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Stirling_District_Council_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013612.jpg/440px-Stirling_District_Council_Offices_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1013612.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="435" /></a><figcaption>Regional Headquarters at <a href="/wiki/Old_Viewforth" title="Old Viewforth">Viewforth</a></figcaption></figure> <p>At the time of the local government reorganization of 1975, there was discussion on where the new region should be based – the options being <a href="/wiki/Falkirk" title="Falkirk">Falkirk</a> or Stirling, the latter of which was chosen as the county council had just finished construction of a new office building at <a href="/wiki/Old_Viewforth" title="Old Viewforth">Viewforth</a> in the town in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stirling_from_Braehead_-_December_2004_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254316.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="View of Stirling"><img alt="View of Stirling" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Stirling_from_Braehead_-_December_2004_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254316.jpg/120px-Stirling_from_Braehead_-_December_2004_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254316.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Stirling_from_Braehead_-_December_2004_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254316.jpg/180px-Stirling_from_Braehead_-_December_2004_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254316.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Stirling_from_Braehead_-_December_2004_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254316.jpg/240px-Stirling_from_Braehead_-_December_2004_-_geograph.org.uk_-_254316.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="267" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">View of Stirling</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:FalkirkHighStreet.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Falkirk High Street"><img alt="Falkirk High Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/FalkirkHighStreet.jpg/120px-FalkirkHighStreet.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/FalkirkHighStreet.jpg/180px-FalkirkHighStreet.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/FalkirkHighStreet.jpg/240px-FalkirkHighStreet.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Falkirk" title="Falkirk">Falkirk</a> High Street</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Main_Street,_Clackmannan.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Clackmannan Main Street"><img alt="Clackmannan Main Street" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Main_Street%2C_Clackmannan.JPG/120px-Main_Street%2C_Clackmannan.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Main_Street%2C_Clackmannan.JPG/180px-Main_Street%2C_Clackmannan.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Main_Street%2C_Clackmannan.JPG/240px-Main_Street%2C_Clackmannan.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1916" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Clackmannan" title="Clackmannan">Clackmannan</a> Main Street</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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