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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-84.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2014/8",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Improvement: general duty",
  "text": "(1) A council must make arrangements to secure continuous improvement in the exercise of its functions.\n(2) In discharging its duty under subsection (1), a council must have regard in particular to the need to improve the exercise of its functions in terms of—\n(a) strategic effectiveness;\n(b) service quality;\n(c) service availability;\n(d) fairness;\n(e) sustainability;\n(f) efficiency; and\n(g) innovation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 84 applied (1.4.2015) by The Local Government (Constituting a Joint Committee a Body Corporate) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/183), art. 1reg. 7"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 84 in operation at 1.4.2015 by S.R. 2015/209, art. 2, Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/8/section/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:21.412545+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}