The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2001

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The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2001

Statutory Instruments

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made

6 th March 2001

Laid before Parliament

9 th March 2001

Coming into force

1 st April 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 4(1) and (2) and 28(1)(b) of the Local Government Act 1999(1) , and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and having consulted, in accordance with section 4(3) of that Act, persons appearing to him to represent best value authorities concerned and such other persons as he thought fit, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1 st April 2001.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1999;

“DETR” means the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions;

“fire authority” means—

a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme;

a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority;

the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;

The Council of the Isles of Scilly in its capacity as a fire authority; or

a county council acting as the fire authority for its area under the provisions of section 4 of the Fire Services Act 1947(2);

“highway authority” has the meaning given in section 1(2) and (3) of the Highways Act 1980(3);

“unitary co...

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