Violence against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (Wales) Act 2015

11 National indicators

(1) The Welsh Ministers must—

(a) publish indicators (“national indicators”) that may be applied for the purpose of measuring progress towards the achievement of the purpose of this Act;

(b) lay a copy of the national indicators before the National Assembly.

(2) A national indicator—

(a) must be expressed as a value or characteristic that can be measured quantitatively or qualitatively against a particular outcome;

(b) may be measured over such period of time as the Welsh Ministers consider appropriate;

(c) may be measurable in relation to Wales or any part of Wales.

(3) The Welsh Ministers may review and revise the national indicators at any time.

(4) Where the Welsh Ministers revise the national indicators under subsection (3), they must as soon as reasonably practicable—

(a) publish the indicators as revised, and

(b) lay a copy of them before the National Assembly.

(5) Before publishing national indicators (including indicators revised under subsection (3)), the Welsh Ministers must consult such persons as they consider appropriate.