# The Local Government (Best Value) (Reviews and Performance Plans) (Wales) Order 2000, Article 4: Content of best value performance plans


Best value authorities must include the following matters in their best value performance plans—
(a) a summary of the authority’s objectives in relation to the exercise of its functions;
(b) a summary of any assessment made by the authority of the level at which and the way in which it exercises its functions;
(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;
(d) a statement indicating the timetable the authority proposes to follow in conducting a best value review;
(e) a statement specifying any performance indicators, standards and targets specified or set in relation to the authority’s functions;
(f) a summary of the authority’s assessment of its performance in the previous financial year with regard to performance indicators;
(g) a comparison of that performance with the authority’s performance in previous financial years;
(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;
(i) a summary of its assessment of its success in meeting any performance standard which applied at any time in the previous financial year;
(j) a summary of its assessment of its progress towards meeting any performance standard which has been specified but which does not yet apply;
(k) a summary of its assessment of its progress towards meeting any performance target;
(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;
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2000/1271/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-best-value-reviews-and-performance-plans-wales-order-2000/article-4
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