# The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2000, Article 1: Citation, commencement and interpretation


(1) This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2000 and shall come into force on 20th April 2000.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the Local Government Act 1999;
“DETR” means the Department of the Environment, Transport and The Regions;
“fire authority” means—
(a) a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme;
(b) a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority;
(c) the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority;
(d) The Council of the Isles of Scilly in its capacity as a fire authority; or
(e) a county council acting as the fire authority for its area under the provisions of section 4 of the Fire Services Act 1947.
“unitary council” means a district council, a county council or a London borough which is the sole principal council for its local government area;
“principal council” means a council elected for a principal area as defined in section 270 of the Local Government Act 1972;
“user satisfaction indicators” means the performance indicators—
(a) 3 and 4 in Schedule 1 to this Order;
(b) 16 and 17 in Schedule 6 to this Order;
(c) 8 in Schedule 7 to this Order;
(d) 11 and 12 in Schedule 8 to this Order;
(e) 11 and 12 in Schedule 9 to this Order;
(f) 6 in Schedule 10 to this Order; and
(g) 6 and 7 in Schedule 11 to this Order;
“waste collection authority” has the same meaning as in section 30(3) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
(3) In this Order and for the purposes of interpreting user satisfaction indicators wherever they are specified, the definitions in paragraphs 1 to 10, under the heading “Details of Requirements” in Chapter 14 of Volume One of the DETR’s document entitled “Best Value and Audit Commission Performance Indicators for 2000/2001” apply.
(4) In this Order a reference to a numbered indicator in a particular Schedule is to the indicator so numbered in column 1 of that Schedule which is described in column 2 of that Schedule and of which further details are given in column 3 of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/896/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-performance-indicators-order-2000/article-1
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