Ayrshire Archives was formed as a result of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and section 53, in particular, which states that local authorities are required to make 'proper arrangements for the preservation and management of records transferred to them or created by them; and to have due regard for any comments made by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland'.

In response to legislation, the three authorities in Ayrshire - East, North and South Ayrshire Councils - agreed to the joint funding of an Ayrshire-wide archives service which would serve the archival and records management needs of all three authorities on a peripatetic basis. As a result, Ayrshire Archives was established on 1st October 1996. Since that date the archives service has been concerned with the preservation and management of local government records, current or historic, inherited or created by the three Councils in Ayrshire.

 

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