2003 No. 864

LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND

The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (Amendment) (England) Order 2003

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 4(1) and (2) of the Local Government Act 19991, and having consulted, in accordance with section 4(3) of that Act, persons appearing to her to represent best value authorities concerned and such other persons as she thought fit, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and territorial application1

1

This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (Amendment) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

2

This Order applies to England only.

Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 20032

1

The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 20032 is amended as follows.

2

For article 10, substitute—

Performance standards for waste authorities10

1

A waste authority (other than a waste authority to which paragraph (3) or (4) applies) which achieved, in the financial year beginning with 1st April 1998—

a

a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part I of Schedule 8 to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2003 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part;

b

a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part 2 of that Schedule shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2005 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part.

2

For the purposes of paragraph (1), the recycling and composting rate for an authority is that which is set out for the waste authority in the document published by the DETR entitled “Guidance on Municipal Waste Management Strategies”3; (published on 1st March 2001); and a waste authority which is stated in that document to have failed to supply to the DETR adequate details of the recycling and composting rates is treated for the purposes of—

a

paragraph (1)(a) of this article and Part I of Schedule 8 to this Order as having a recycling and composting rate of 16% or more; and

b

paragraph (1)(b) of this article and Part II of that Schedule as having a recycling and composting rate of 19% or more.

3

Those waste authorities specified in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 8A to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2003 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part.

4

Those waste authorities specified in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 8A to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2005 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part.

5

For the purposes of this article “waste authority” means a waste collection authority or a waste disposal authority.

3

After Schedule 8, insert—

SCHEDULE 8AWASTE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR POOLED AUTHORITIES

Article 10

Part 1Financial Year 2003/2004

Column (1)

Column (2)

Name of Waste Authority

Authority’s 2003/2004 standard (percentage of the total tonnage of household waste arisings to be sent by the authority for recycling or composting)

Somerset

Mendip District Council

14%

Sedgemoor District Council

13%

South Somerset District Council

15%

Taunton Dean Borough Council

18%

West Somerset District Council

14%

Oxfordshire

Oxfordshire County Council

22%

Oxford City Council

12%

South Oxfordshire District Council

22%

West Oxfordshire District Council

12%

Vale of White Horse District Council

15%

Nottinghamshire

Nottinghamshire County Council

17%

Ashfield District Council

8%

Bassetlaw Borough Council

8%

Broxtowe Borough Council

8%

Mansfield District Council

8%

Newark & Sherwood District Council

8%

Nottingham City Council

8%

Wiltshire

Kennet District Council

11%

Salisbury District Council

16%

West Wiltshire District Council

10%

Merseyside

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority

12%

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Liverpool City Council

8%

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

14%

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

12%

Manchester

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

11.5%

Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Bury Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Manchester City Council

7%

Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

7%

City of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council

20%

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council

8%

Part 2Financial Year 2005/2006

Column (1)

Column (2)

Name of Waste Authority

Authority’s 2005/2006 standard (percentage of the total tonnage of household waste arisings to be sent by the authority for recycling or composting)

Somerset

Mendip District Council

25%

Sedgemoor District Council

19%

South Somerset District Council

28%

Taunton Dean Borough Council

30%

West Somerset District Council

25%

Oxfordshire

Oxford City Council

18%

South Oxfordshire District Council

29%

Vale of White Horse District Council

29%

Wiltshire

Wiltshire County Council

33%

Kennet District Council

25%

Salisbury District Council

31%

Merseyside

Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority

22%

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

15%

Liverpool City Council

15%

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

21%

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council

15%

Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council

18%

Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State

Michael MeacherMinister of State,Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

(This note is not part of the Order)

Article 10 of and Schedule 8 to the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003 (“the 2003 Order”) sets statutory waste performance standards for all best value waste collection authorities and waste disposal authorities in England. These standards relate to the recycling and composting rates that authorities must achieve for the two financial years beginning with 1st April 2003 and 1st April 2005. The standards are based on the rate achieved during the financial year beginning with 1st April 1998.

This amending Order excepts certain authorities from these general standards and instead specifies specific standards. This reflects pooling arrangements between groups of authorities whereby the collective target remains the same or is increased, whilst the individual target for each authority may vary from that originally set under the general standards specified in the 2003 Order. This arrangement does not affect the duty on each authority to meet its own individual standard pursuant to section 4(5) of the Local Government Act 1999 (c. 27).

The document “Municipal Waste Management Strategies”, which is referred to in article 10(2), was published by the DETR on 1st March 2001. It is available at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/management/guidance/mwms/01.htm.