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

Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003

2.—(1) The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003(1) is amended as follows.

(2) For article 10, substitute—

“Performance standards for waste authorities

10.— (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”(2); (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—

Article 10

“SCHEDULE 8A WASTE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR POOLED AUTHORITIES

Part 1 Financial 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 2 Financial 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%”

(1)

S.I. 2003/530. That Order applies to Wales, but the best value authorities affected by this Order are all in England.

(2)

“Municipal Waste Management Strategies” was published by the DETR on 1st March 2001. The document is available at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/management/guidance/mwms/01.htm.