Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 39A-39C and cross-heading inserted (8.8.2012) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 113, 129(1)(b)
(1)It is the duty of SFRS to make arrangements which secure best value.
(2)Best value is continuous improvement in the carrying out of SFRS's functions.
(3)In securing best value, SFRS must maintain an appropriate balance among—
(a)the quality of its carrying out of its functions,
(b)the cost to SFRS of that carrying out of its functions,
(c)the cost to persons of any service provided by SFRS for them on a wholly or partly rechargeable basis.
(4)In maintaining that balance, SFRS must have regard to—
(a)efficiency,
(b)effectiveness,
(c)economy, and
(d)the need to meet the equal opportunity requirements.
(5)SFRS must carry out its duties under this section in a way which contributes to the achievement of sustainable development.
(6)In measuring the improvement of the carrying out of SFRS's functions for the purposes of this section, regard is to be had to the extent to which the outcomes of the carrying out of the functions have improved.
(7)In this section, “equal opportunity requirements” has the same meaning as in Section L2 of Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46).]