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.