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As far as I know the term "unitary authority" is only used officially in the UK. So I'm thinking that the UK should either be given prominence in the article, rather than being below other countries, or that the other countries should be moved to their own articles, with perhaps a mention in a "other countries" section. Any thoughts. G-Man 22:42, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
A newbie ( User talk:62.49.29.104) edited this page (and one or two others) yesterday, making the claim that ""unitary authorities" in the UK are specific to English local government". I have asked them exactly what they meant by that. But I think I understand what they mean: have a look at these pages:
... here "Hartlepool Unitary Authority" etc is being used as a proper noun: it is actually the official title of the body. This type of usage just does not occur in Scotland, or at least not since the time around the upheaval of 1996. Since then we have settled down to just calling them "Councils", thus:
-- Mais oui! 14:52, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The legal definition of a unitary authority given in the article is currently an extract from the "Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996". Unfortunately it is currently claimed that this defines unitary authorities in England and Wales, but in fact it only covers England. I will change the description in the article shortly, but I thought I would explain my reasons here to prevent reversion. Road Wizard 12:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted an edit by User:129.12.200.49, which said that Unitary Authorities are responsible for all sub-national government functions. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In England where the term "unitary authority" exists in legislation as well as being an official title there are four primary tiers of government functions in unitary authority areas:
To say that the unitary authority carries out all sub-national functions is clearly missing out the regional level. Likewise a similar model exists in Scotland and Wales;
Though Canada and the USA operate federal models, this does not discount the comparison that they have tiers of government similar in nature to Unitary authorities, and these sections should remain in the article for comparative purposes.
Finally, I am unsure what argument was intended for removing the comparison to Northern Ireland government structure.
If the editor would like to discuss this in more detail, please do so. Road Wizard 15:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Please, read this information from the Bedfordshire article:
"The Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganising Bedfordshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The four proposals considered were:
On the 6th March 2008 the DCLG finally decided to implement Proposal 2. This means that from 1 April 2009 there will be two unitary authorities for Bedfordshire - one for Bedford and a second for the rest of the County area. Bedfordshire County Council is challenging this decision in the High Court"
Someone should update the information about Bedfordshire at the "Creation of authorities" section. 201.252.215.225 ( talk) 03:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
References
I see Swindon as created in 1998, but the site about Swindon here on wiki gives the date as April 1st, 1997. Which one is right ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.158.226.1 ( talk) 13:16, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
What of the East? What of prefecture-level municipalities? The city of Beijing, the metropolitan prefecture of Tokyo, the prefecture of Taipei? - these have no split between the municipal and "county" level, but they do have submunicipal division... which this article ignores (many cities have submunicipal divisions, called burroughs or wards... ) 76.66.195.196 ( talk) 05:43, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Through the article, single-tier and unitary authorities are conflated.
English Unitary Authorities are very powerful entities which control almost all elements of municipal government within their jurisdictions.
That is not true in, for example, Ontario, Canada, where even in places with single-tier tiers municipalities, school boards are separate legal entities.
Unitary Authority is a legal term that refers to a specific structure for a municipality, but it does not have a generic meaning outside of the context of the legal definition of that term in certain jurisdictions.
This article should be deleted and replaced with a disambiguation page to English Unitary Authorities and New Zealand Unitarian Authorities.
This article should be deleted and replaced with a disambiguation page for English Unitary Authorities and New Zealand Unitary Authorities. Vasusrir429 ( talk) 20:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)
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As far as I know the term "unitary authority" is only used officially in the UK. So I'm thinking that the UK should either be given prominence in the article, rather than being below other countries, or that the other countries should be moved to their own articles, with perhaps a mention in a "other countries" section. Any thoughts. G-Man 22:42, 16 July 2005 (UTC)
A newbie ( User talk:62.49.29.104) edited this page (and one or two others) yesterday, making the claim that ""unitary authorities" in the UK are specific to English local government". I have asked them exactly what they meant by that. But I think I understand what they mean: have a look at these pages:
... here "Hartlepool Unitary Authority" etc is being used as a proper noun: it is actually the official title of the body. This type of usage just does not occur in Scotland, or at least not since the time around the upheaval of 1996. Since then we have settled down to just calling them "Councils", thus:
-- Mais oui! 14:52, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
The legal definition of a unitary authority given in the article is currently an extract from the "Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996". Unfortunately it is currently claimed that this defines unitary authorities in England and Wales, but in fact it only covers England. I will change the description in the article shortly, but I thought I would explain my reasons here to prevent reversion. Road Wizard 12:58, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
I have reverted an edit by User:129.12.200.49, which said that Unitary Authorities are responsible for all sub-national government functions. Unfortunately, this is not the case. In England where the term "unitary authority" exists in legislation as well as being an official title there are four primary tiers of government functions in unitary authority areas:
To say that the unitary authority carries out all sub-national functions is clearly missing out the regional level. Likewise a similar model exists in Scotland and Wales;
Though Canada and the USA operate federal models, this does not discount the comparison that they have tiers of government similar in nature to Unitary authorities, and these sections should remain in the article for comparative purposes.
Finally, I am unsure what argument was intended for removing the comparison to Northern Ireland government structure.
If the editor would like to discuss this in more detail, please do so. Road Wizard 15:37, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
Please, read this information from the Bedfordshire article:
"The Department for Communities and Local Government considered reorganising Bedfordshire's administrative structure as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England. The four proposals considered were:
On the 6th March 2008 the DCLG finally decided to implement Proposal 2. This means that from 1 April 2009 there will be two unitary authorities for Bedfordshire - one for Bedford and a second for the rest of the County area. Bedfordshire County Council is challenging this decision in the High Court"
Someone should update the information about Bedfordshire at the "Creation of authorities" section. 201.252.215.225 ( talk) 03:15, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
References
I see Swindon as created in 1998, but the site about Swindon here on wiki gives the date as April 1st, 1997. Which one is right ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.158.226.1 ( talk) 13:16, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
What of the East? What of prefecture-level municipalities? The city of Beijing, the metropolitan prefecture of Tokyo, the prefecture of Taipei? - these have no split between the municipal and "county" level, but they do have submunicipal division... which this article ignores (many cities have submunicipal divisions, called burroughs or wards... ) 76.66.195.196 ( talk) 05:43, 27 June 2010 (UTC)
Through the article, single-tier and unitary authorities are conflated.
English Unitary Authorities are very powerful entities which control almost all elements of municipal government within their jurisdictions.
That is not true in, for example, Ontario, Canada, where even in places with single-tier tiers municipalities, school boards are separate legal entities.
Unitary Authority is a legal term that refers to a specific structure for a municipality, but it does not have a generic meaning outside of the context of the legal definition of that term in certain jurisdictions.
This article should be deleted and replaced with a disambiguation page to English Unitary Authorities and New Zealand Unitarian Authorities.
This article should be deleted and replaced with a disambiguation page for English Unitary Authorities and New Zealand Unitary Authorities. Vasusrir429 ( talk) 20:39, 15 July 2024 (UTC)