{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-reviews-and-performance-plans-wales-order-2000/article-4",
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  "legislation": "wsi/2000/1271",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Best Value) (Reviews and Performance Plans) (Wales) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-reviews-and-performance-plans-wales-order-2000",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Content of best value performance plans",
  "text": "Best value authorities must include the following matters in their best value performance plans—\n(a) a summary of the authority’s objectives in relation to the exercise of its functions;\n(b) a summary of any assessment made by the authority of the level at which and the way in which it exercises its functions;\n(c) a statement specifying the period within which the authority is required to review its functions under section 5(2) of the Act and articles 2 and 3 of this Order;\n(d) a statement indicating the timetable the authority proposes to follow in conducting a best value review;\n(e) a statement specifying any performance indicators, standards and targets specified or set in relation to the authority’s functions;\n(f) a summary of the authority’s assessment of its performance in the previous financial year with regard to performance indicators;\n(g) a comparison of that performance with the authority’s performance in previous financial years;\n(h) a comparison of the authority’s performance as summarised in accordance with paragraph (f) above, with the performance of other best value authorities in previous financial years;\n(i) a summary of its assessment of its success in meeting any performance standard which applied at any time in the previous financial year;\n(j) a summary of its assessment of its progress towards meeting any performance standard which has been specified but which does not yet apply;\n(k) a summary of its assessment of its progress towards meeting any performance target;\n(l) a summary of any plan of action to be taken in the financial year to which the plan relates for the purposes of meeting a performance target;\n(m) a summary of the basis on which any performance target was set, and any plan of action was determined, in relation to a function reviewed under section 5 of the Act and articles 2 and 3 of this Order, in the previous financial year.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2000/1271/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:18:50.040364+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."
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