Statutory Instruments
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—
“ 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—
Article 10
“ SCHEDULE 8A WASTE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR POOLED AUTHORITIES
Part 1 Financial Year 2003/2004
| Column (1) | Column (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of Waste Authority | Authority’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 Council | 14% |
| Sedgemoor District Council | 13% |
| South Somerset District Council | 15% |
| Taunton Dean Borough Council | 18% |
| West Somerset District Council | 14% |
| Oxfordshire | |
| Oxfordshire County Council | 22% |
| Oxford City Council | 12% |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | 22% |
| West Oxfordshire District Council | 12% |
| Vale of White Horse District Council | 15% |
| Nottinghamshire | |
| Nottinghamshire County Council | 17% |
| Ashfield District Council | 8% |
| Bassetlaw Borough Council | 8% |
| Broxtowe Borough Council | 8% |
| Mansfield District Council | 8% |
| Newark & Sherwood District Council | 8% |
| Nottingham City Council | 8% |
| Wiltshire | |
| Kennet District Council | 11% |
| Salisbury District Council | 16% |
| West Wiltshire District Council | 10% |
| Merseyside | |
| Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority | 12% |
| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
| Liverpool City Council | 8% |
| Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 14% |
| St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
| Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 12% |
| Manchester | |
| Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority | 11.5% |
| Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
| Bury Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
| Manchester City Council | 7% |
| Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
| Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council | 7% |
| City of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
| Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council | 20% |
| Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
| Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council | 8% |
Part 2 Financial Year 2005/2006
| Column (1) | Column (2) |
|---|---|
| Name of Waste Authority | Authority’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 Council | 25% |
| Sedgemoor District Council | 19% |
| South Somerset District Council | 28% |
| Taunton Dean Borough Council | 30% |
| West Somerset District Council | 25% |
| Oxfordshire | |
| Oxford City Council | 18% |
| South Oxfordshire District Council | 29% |
| Vale of White Horse District Council | 29% |
| Wiltshire | |
| Wiltshire County Council | 33% |
| Kennet District Council | 25% |
| Salisbury District Council | 31% |
| Merseyside | |
| Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority | 22% |
| Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council | 15% |
| Liverpool City Council | 15% |
| Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council | 21% |
| St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council | 15% |
| Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council | 18% ” |
Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State
Michael Meacher
Minister of State,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
25th March 2003
1999 c. 27 . For the application of the Act to Wales, see section 29.
S.I. 2003/530 . That Order applies to Wales, but the best value authorities affected by this Order are all in England.
“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 .