LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ENGLAND Citation, commencement and territorial application 1 1 This Order may be cited as the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards (Amendment) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003. 2 This Order applies to England only. Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003 2 1 The Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators and Performance Standards Order 2003 is amended as follows. 2 For article 10, substitute— Performance standards for waste authorities 10 1 A waste authority (other than a waste authority to which paragraph (3) or (4) applies) which achieved, in the financial year beginning with 1st April 1998— a a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part I of Schedule 8 to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2003 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part; b a recycling and composting rate specified in column (1) of Part 2 of that Schedule shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2005 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part. 2 For the purposes of paragraph (1), the recycling and composting rate for an authority is that which is set out for the waste authority in the document published by the DETR entitled “Guidance on Municipal Waste Management Strategies” ; (published on 1st March 2001); and a waste authority which is stated in that document to have failed to supply to the DETR adequate details of the recycling and composting rates is treated for the purposes of— a paragraph (1)(a) of this article and Part I of Schedule 8 to this Order as having a recycling and composting rate of 16% or more; and b paragraph (1)(b) of this article and Part II of that Schedule as having a recycling and composting rate of 19% or more. 3 Those waste authorities specified in column 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 8A to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2003 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part. 4 Those waste authorities specified in column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 8A to this Order shall, in relation to indicators 1 and 2 in Schedule 7 (taken together) meet for the financial year beginning with 1st April 2005 the standard specified in the corresponding entry in column (2) of that Part. 5 For the purposes of this article “waste authority” means a waste collection authority or a waste disposal authority. 3 After Schedule 8, insert— SCHEDULE 8A WASTE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR POOLED AUTHORITIES Article 10 Part 1 Financial Year 2003/2004 Column (1) Column (2) Name of Waste Authority Authority’s 2003/2004 standard (percentage of the total tonnage of household waste arisings to be sent by the authority for recycling or composting) Somerset Mendip District Council 14% Sedgemoor District Council 13% South Somerset District Council 15% Taunton Dean Borough Council 18% West Somerset District Council 14% Oxfordshire Oxfordshire County Council 22% Oxford City Council 12% South Oxfordshire District Council 22% West Oxfordshire District Council 12% Vale of White Horse District Council 15% Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire County Council 17% Ashfield District Council 8% Bassetlaw Borough Council 8% Broxtowe Borough Council 8% Mansfield District Council 8% Newark & Sherwood District Council 8% Nottingham City Council 8% Wiltshire Kennet District Council 11% Salisbury District Council 16% West Wiltshire District Council 10% Merseyside Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority 12% Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Liverpool City Council 8% Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 14% St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 12% Manchester Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority 11.5% Bolton Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Bury Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Manchester City Council 7% Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council 7% City of Salford Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council 20% Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council 8% Part 2 Financial Year 2005/2006 Column (1) Column (2) Name of Waste Authority Authority’s 2005/2006 standard (percentage of the total tonnage of household waste arisings to be sent by the authority for recycling or composting) Somerset Mendip District Council 25% Sedgemoor District Council 19% South Somerset District Council 28% Taunton Dean Borough Council 30% West Somerset District Council 25% Oxfordshire Oxford City Council 18% South Oxfordshire District Council 29% Vale of White Horse District Council 29% Wiltshire Wiltshire County Council 33% Kennet District Council 25% Salisbury District Council 31% Merseyside Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority 22% Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council 15% Liverpool City Council 15% Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council 21% St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council 15% Wirral Metropolitan Borough Council 18% Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State Michael Meacher Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 25th March 2003