This document establishes the formal legal adjustments to administrative boundaries between the Fife and Tayside regions and the districts of North East Fife and Perth and Kinross. The order is issued by the Secretary of State for Scotland under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, providing the legislative framework for local boundary modifications. It serves as a primary source document for administrative law and regional governance history in Scotland.

Legal professionals and historians utilize this document as a definitive record of administrative boundary changes within the Scottish local government system. The text is highly technical and serves as a foundational reference for those researching the evolution of Scottish regional governance structures.