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2003 No. 864

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (Amendment) (England) Order 2003

  Made 25th March 2003 
  Laid before Parliament 26th March 2003 
  Coming into force 1st April 2003 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 4(1) and (2) of the Local Government Act 1999[1], and having consulted, in accordance with section 4(3) of that Act, persons appearing to her to represent best value authorities concerned and such other persons as she thought fit, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and territorial application
     1.  - (1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (Amendment) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

    (2) This Order applies to England only.

Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003
     2.  - (1) The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003[2] is amended as follows.

    (2) For article 10, substitute - 

    (3) After Schedule 8, insert - 






Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State


Michael Meacher
Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

25th March 2003


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Article 10 of and Schedule 8 to the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003 ("the 2003 Order") sets statutory waste performance standards for all best value waste collection authorities and waste disposal authorities in England. These standards relate to the recycling and composting rates that authorities must achieve for the two financial years beginning with 1st April 2003 and 1st April 2005. The standards are based on the rate achieved during the financial year beginning with 1st April 1998.

This amending Order excepts certain authorities from these general standards and instead specifies specific standards. This reflects pooling arrangements between groups of authorities whereby the collective target remains the same or is increased, whilst the individual target for each authority may vary from that originally set under the general standards specified in the 2003 Order. This arrangement does not affect the duty on each authority to meet its own individual standard pursuant to section 4(5) of the Local Government Act 1999 (c.27).

The document "Municipal Waste Management Strategies", which is referred to in article 10(2), was published by the DETR on 1st March 2001. It is available at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/management/guidance/mwms/01.htm.

Notes:

 [1] 1999 c. 27. For the application of the Act to Wales, see section 29.back

[2] S.I. 2003/530. That Order applies to Wales, but the best value authorities affected by this Order are all in England.back

[3] "Municipal Waste Management Strategies" was published by the DETR on 1st March 2001. The document is available at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/management/guidance/mwms/01.htm.back


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© Crown copyright 2003
Prepared 22 April 2003

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