Content of best value reviews3.

In conducting a best value review, a best value authority must:—

(a)

consider whether it should be exercising the function;

(b)

consider the level at which and the way in which it should be exercising the function;

(c)

consider its objectives in relation to the exercise of the function;

(d)

assess its performance in exercising the function by reference to any performance indicator specified for the function;

(e)

assess the competitiveness of its performance in exercising the function by reference to the way in which the same function, or similar functions, are exercised by other best value authorities and by commercial and other businesses and by organisations in the voluntary sector;

(f)

consult other best value authorities, commercial and other businesses and organisations in the voluntary sector, about the exercise of the function;

(g)

assess its success in meeting any performance standard which applies in relation to the function;

(h)

assess its progress towards meeting any relevant performance standard which has been specified but which does not yet apply;

(i)

assess its progress towards meeting any relevant performance target.