| Administrative History | Following the passing of the 1972 Local Government Act, representatives of the new county councils met on 25 July 1973 where the agreed to form an Association of County Councils (ACC). All county councils in England and Wales were invited to join the Association and to send representatives to a meeting on 24 October where the constitution of the new Association was approved. The ACC took over its full responsibilities on 1 April 1974 when the Act came into force. The committees of the ACC included a Policy Committee, a Local Government Finance Committee and an Education Committee. It also set up a Central Council of Local Education Authorities with the Association of Metropolitan Authorities to provide for greater co-operation between all the local authorities in England and Wales. The ACC ceased to exist in March 1997. In April of that year the Local Government Association (LGA) was set up to represent all local authorities in England and Wales.
Source: 'A list of the historical records of the County Councils Association (now the Association of County Councils) compiled by Philippa Bassett as part of a research project funded by the Social Science Research Council (Birmingham: Centre for Urban and Regional Studies, University of Birmingham, 1980) |