PART 1LOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT
Improvement planning and information
13Collection of information related to performance
(1)
A Welsh improvement authority must make arrangements for—
(a)
the collection of information which will allow it to assess whether it has met during a financial year those improvement objectives set under section 3(1) which are applicable to that year;
(b)
the collection of information which will allow it to—
(i)
measure its performance during a financial year by reference to those performance indicators specified under section 8(1)(a) which are applicable to the authority for that year;
(ii)
assess whether it has met during a financial year those performance standards specified under section 8(1)(b) which are applicable to the authority for that year;
(c)
the collection of information which will allow it to—
(i)
measure its performance during a financial year by reference to those self-imposed performance indicators which are applicable to that year;
(ii)
assess whether it has met during a financial year those self-imposed performance standards which are applicable to that year.
(2)
For the purposes of this section and sections 14 and 15—
(a)
a self-imposed performance indicator is a factor by reference to which a Welsh improvement authority has decided to measure its performance in exercising its functions; and
(b)
a self-imposed performance standard is a standard which a Welsh improvement authority has decided to meet in relation to a self-imposed performance indicator.