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Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 864

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

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2003 No. 864


LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND


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


 Made25th March 2003 
 Laid before Parliament26th March 2003 
 Coming into force1st 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 - 

    " Performance standards for waste authorities
        10. - (1) A waste authority (other than a waste authority to which paragraph (3) or (4) applies) which achieved, in the financial year beginning with 1st April 1998 - 

      (a) a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part I of Schedule 8 to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2003 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part;

      (b) a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part 2 of that Schedule shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2005 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part.

        (2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the recycling and composting rate for an authority is that which is set out for the waste authority in the document published by the DETR entitled "Guidance on Municipal Waste Management Strategies"[3]; (published on 1st March 2001); and a waste authority which is stated in that document to have failed to supply to the DETR adequate details of the recycling and composting rates is treated for the purposes of - 

      (a) paragraph (1)(a) of this article and Part I of Schedule 8 to this Order as having a recycling and composting rate of 16% or more; and

      (b) paragraph (1)(b) of this article and Part II of that Schedule as having a recycling and composting rate of 19% or more.

        (3) Those waste authorities specified in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 8A to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2003 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part.

        (4) Those waste authorities specified in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 8A to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2005 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part.

        (5) For the purposes of this article "waste authority" means a waste collection authority or a waste disposal authority."

    (3) After Schedule 8, insert - 



    " SCHEDULE 8A
    Article 10


    WASTE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR POOLED AUTHORITIES




    Part 1

    Financial Year 2003/2004

    Column (1)Column (2)
    Name of Waste AuthorityAuthority's 2003/2004 standard (percentage of the total tonnage of household waste arisings to be sent by the authority for recycling or composting)
    Somerset    
    Mendip District Council14%
    Sedgemoor District Council13%
    South Somerset District Council15%
    Taunton Dean Borough Council18%
    West Somerset District Council14%
    Oxfordshire    
    Oxfordshire County Council22%
    Oxford City Council12%
    South Oxfordshire District Council22%
    West Oxfordshire District Council12%
    Vale of White Horse District Council15%
    Nottinghamshire    
    Nottinghamshire County Council17%
    Ashfield District Council8%
    Bassetlaw Borough Council8%
    Broxtowe Borough Council8%
    Mansfield District Council8%
    Newark & Sherwood District Council8%
    Nottingham City Council8%
    Wiltshire    
    Kennet District Council11%
    Salisbury District Council16%
    West Wiltshire District Council10%
    Merseyside    
    Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority12%
    Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council8%
    Liverpool City Council8%
    Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council14%
    St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council8%
    Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council12%
    Manchester    
    Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority11.5%
    Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council8%
    Bury Metropolitan Borough Council8%
    Manchester City Council7%
    Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council8%
    Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council7%
    City of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council8%
    Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council20%
    Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council8%
    Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council8%



    Part 2

    Financial Year 2005/2006

    Column (1)Column (2)
    Name of Waste AuthorityAuthority's 2005/2006 standard (percentage of the total tonnage of household waste arisings to be sent by the authority for recycling or composting)
    Somerset    
    Mendip District Council25%
    Sedgemoor District Council19%
    South Somerset District Council28%
    Taunton Dean Borough Council30%
    West Somerset District Council25%
    Oxfordshire    
    Oxford City Council18%
    South Oxfordshire District Council29%
    Vale of White Horse District Council29%
    Wiltshire    
    Wiltshire County Council33%
    Kennet District Council25%
    Salisbury District Council31%
    Merseyside    
    Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority22%
    Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council15%
    Liverpool City Council15%
    Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council21%
    St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council15%
    Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council18%"




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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