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

S.R. 2023/78 · made 10 May 2023 · revised to 1 June 2023

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).

Made under: Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (Section 89)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-performance-indicators-and-standards-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2023/pdf/nisr_20230078_en.pdf; NI Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-performance-indicators-and-standards-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2023/pdf/nisrem_20230078_en_001.pdf

## Introductory text

Local Government
Made 10th May 2023
Coming into operation 1st June 2023
The Department for Communities makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 and now vested in it.
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.

## 1 Citation and commencement

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

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

(1) The Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 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
”.
(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
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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/78 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-performance-indicators-and-standards-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2023
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