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HISTORY England and Wales The term was introduced for England And Wales by the Local Government Act 1888 , which created County Council s for various areas, and called them 'administrative counties' to distinguish them from the continuing statutory Counties (which would now be termed ceremonial counties). In England And Wales the legislation was repealed in 1974 , and entities called ' Metropolitan And Non-metropolitan Counties ' in England and 'counties' in Wales were introduced in their place. Though strictly inaccurate, these are often called 'administrative counties' to distinguish them from both the traditional counties, and the Ceremonial Counties . Scotland In Scotland they were never established as separate entities as they were in England and Wales. For local government purposes Scottish counties were replaced in 1975 with a system of Regions and Island Council Areas . Ireland The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 created administrative counties in Ireland on the same model that had been used in England and Wales. In Northern Ireland they were never formally repealed, though have been replaced for local government use by a system of 26 Districts . Administrative counties remain in use for Lieutenancy, along with the county boroughs. In Republic Of Ireland the legislation that created them remained in force until the Local Government Act 2001 was passed, which renamed them 'counties'. NEW ENTITIES The administrative counties that did not share the names of traditional counties : England
Scotland
Republic of Ireland and, created in 1994 - SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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