Citation and commencement1.

This Order shall be cited as the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2023.

Amendment of the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 20152.

(1)

The Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 20154 shall be amended as follows:

(2)

In Schedule 1 (economic development indicators), for the table, substitute the following table—

“Council

Indicator reference number

Indicator

All councils

ED 1

The number of jobs promoted through business start-up activity(1)
(1)

Business start-up activity means the delivery of client led business plans under the Council-led Northern Ireland Business Start-up Programme (NIBSUP) or successor programmes.”.

(3)

In Schedule 2 (economic development standards), for the table, substitute the following table—

“Council

Standard reference number

Standard

EDS 1

To promote in each financial year the following number of jobs through business start-up activity(1)

Antrim and Newtownabbey

80

Ards and North Down

123

Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon

182

Belfast

325

Causeway Coast and Glens

128

Derry and Strabane

140

Fermanagh and Omagh

170

Lisburn and Castlereagh

116

Mid and East Antrim

111

Mid Ulster

153

Newry, Mourne and Down

173”.

(1)

Business start-up activity means the delivery of client led business plans under the Council-led Northern Ireland Business Start-up Programme (NIBSUP) or successor programmes.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 10th May 2023.

Anthony Carleton
A senior officer of the Department for Communities