The Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023

S.R. 2023/78 · Made 10 May 2023 · Extends to Northern Ireland

Local Government

Made 10th May 2023

Coming into operation 1st June 2023

The Department for Communities^f1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014^f2 and now vested in it^f3.

In accordance with sections 89(2) and 127 of that Act, the Department has consulted councils and such associations or bodies representative of councils, such associations or bodies representative of officers of councils and such other persons or bodies as appear to the Department to be appropriate.

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly known as the Department for Social Development; see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (NI).
f2: 2014 c. 8 (N.I.)
f3: See S.R. 2016 No. 76, Article 8 of and Schedule 5 to the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 transferred functions to the Department for Communities which were previously exercisable by the Department of the Environment

1Citation and commencement
2Amendment of the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015
Signature
Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order shall be cited as the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1^st June 2023.

2Amendment of the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015I1

(1)

The Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015^f1 shall be amended as follows:

(2)

In Schedule 1 (economic development indicators), for the table, substitute the following table—

“

Council Indicator reference number Indicator

(1)
Business start-up activity means the delivery of client led business plans under the Council-led Northern Ireland Business Start-up Programme (NIBSUP) or successor programmes.

All councils ED 1 The number of jobs promoted through business start-up activity^f2

”.

Council	Indicator reference number	Indicator
(1) Business start-up activity means the delivery of client led business plans under the Council-led Northern Ireland Business Start-up Programme (NIBSUP) or successor programmes.
All councils	ED 1	The number of jobs promoted through business start-up activity^f2

(3)

In Schedule 2 (economic development standards), for the table, substitute the following table—

“

Council Standard reference number Standard

(1)
Business start-up activity means the delivery of client led business plans under the Council-led Northern Ireland Business Start-up Programme (NIBSUP) or successor programmes.

EDS 1 To promote in each financial year the following number of jobs through business start-up activity^f3
Antrim and Newtownabbey 80
Ards and North Down 123
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon 182
Belfast 325
Causeway Coast and Glens 128
Derry and Strabane 140
Fermanagh and Omagh 170
Lisburn and Castlereagh 116
Mid and East Antrim 111
Mid Ulster 153
Newry, Mourne and Down 173

”.

Council	Standard reference number	Standard
(1) Business start-up activity means the delivery of client led business plans under the Council-led Northern Ireland Business Start-up Programme (NIBSUP) or successor programmes.
	EDS 1	To promote in each financial year the following number of jobs through business start-up activity^f3
Antrim and Newtownabbey		80
Ards and North Down		123
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon		182
Belfast		325
Causeway Coast and Glens		128
Derry and Strabane		140
Fermanagh and Omagh		170
Lisburn and Castlereagh		116
Mid and East Antrim		111
Mid Ulster		153
Newry, Mourne and Down		173

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 10th May 2023.

L.S.

Anthony Carleton

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order amends the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 by updating Schedules 1 (economic development indicators) and 2 (economic development standards).