[F178ODuty to have regard to best practice standardsU.K.
(1)A public authority must, in providing services to the public or a section of the public in Northern Ireland, have due regard to any published best practice standards.
(2)A public authority must prepare and publish a plan setting out the steps it proposes to take to comply with the duty in subsection (1).
(3)A public authority—
(a)may revise and re-publish the plan if the authority considers it necessary or desirable to do so, and
(b)must revise and re-publish the plan if relevant revised best practice standards are published in accordance with section 78N.
(4)In preparing or revising a plan under this section, a public authority must consult the Commissioner.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 7B inserted (22.5.2023 for specified purposes) by Identity and Language (Northern Ireland) Act 2022 (c. 45), ss. 2(1), 10(2); S.I. 2023/566, reg. 2(c)