 Their names were changed from "Tipperary North/South Riding" to "North/South Tipperary" by the Local Government Act 2001, which redesignated all "administrative counties" as simply "counties".The Local Government Reform Act 2014 has amalgamated the two counties and restored a single county of Tipperary.Following the Local Government Reform Act 2014, Tipperary County Council is the local government authority for the county.