- Welsh Statutory Instrument 2006 No. 615 (W.68)
The Local Government (Improvement Plans) (Wales) Order 2006
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| Made | 7 March 2006 | ||
| Coming into force | 1 April 2006 |
The National Assembly for Wales, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(2), 6(3), 7(6) and 29(1) of the Local Government Act 1999[1], hereby makes the following Order:
Title, commencement, interpretation and application
1. —(1) The title of this Order is the Local Government (Improvement Plans) (Wales) Order 2006 and it comes into force on 1 April 2006.
(2) In this Order—
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"improvement plan" ("cynllun gwella") means a best value performance plan within the meaning of section 6(1) of the Act; and
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"the Act" ("y Ddeddf") means the Local Government Act 1999.
(3) This Order applies to best value authorities in Wales with the exception of those specified in section 1(1)(d) and (e) of the Act.
Date for publication of improvement plans
2.
Best value authorities must publish their improvement plan for a financial year by 31 October of the year to which the plan relates.
Date for sending copies of auditors' reports
3.
Copies of an auditor's report relating to an improvement plan must be sent in accordance with section 7(5) of the Act by 30 November of the year to which the plan relates.
Revocation
4.
The following orders are revoked—
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(a) the Local Government (Whole Authority Analyses and Improvement Plans) (Wales) Order 2002 [2]; and
(b) the Local Government (Whole Authority Analyses and Improvement Plans) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2004[3].
Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[4].
D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly
7 March 2006
(This note is not part of the Order)
Part I of the Local Government Act 1999 imposes duties on local and other authorities to conduct best value reviews of their functions and to prepare a best value performance plan (in this Order called an "improvement plan") for each financial year.
This Order specifies the date by which an authority's improvement plan for a financial year must be published and the date by which copies of an auditor's report relating to the plan are to be sent to the authority, the Auditor General for Wales and, if required, the National Assembly for Wales.
This Order revokes the Local Government (Whole Authority Analyses and Improvement Plans) (Wales) Order 2002 and does not make any replacement provision concerning the period within which a best value authority should review all its functions.
Notes:
[1] 1999 c27.back
[2] S.I. 2002/886 (W. 101).back
[3] S.I. 2004/1575 (W. 161).back
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