The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2010

Made: 8 September 2010

The Welsh Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 50(2)(c) and 51(4) of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009[^f00001], make the following Order:

Title and application

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The title of this Order is the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) (Amendment) Order 2010 and it applies in relation to Wales.

Amendments to the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009

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• (1) The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009[^f00002] is amended as follows.

• (2) In paragraph (3)(a) of article 3 before “10A” insert “6, 7, 9,”.

• (3) For paragraph (4) of article 3 substitute—

(4) The purpose referred to in paragraph (2) is that of Welsh best value authorities preparing best value performance plans for the financial year 2009-2010 and the Auditor General for Wales carrying out inspections of those plans, and other inspections, to determine whether the Welsh best value authorities have complied with the requirements of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 insofar as those requirements relate to the financial year 2009-2010.

Signed

Carl Sargeant — Minister for Social Justice and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers — 8 September 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (“the Measure”) reforms the statutory basis of service improvement and strategic planning by local authorities in Wales.

Certain provisions of the Measure have been brought into force by the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No 1) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1796 (W.163) (C.88)) and the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009 (Commencement No. 2, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/3272 (W.288) (C.145)) (“the No. 2 Order”).

The No. 2 Order contains savings provisions which save certain provisions of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1999 (“the 1999 Act”) so as to enable Welsh best value authorities to prepare best value performance plans for the financial year 2009-2010 and to enable the Auditor General for Wales to carry out inspections of compliance by those authorities with the requirements of Part 1 of the 1999 Act in the financial year 2009-2010.

This Order clarifies, for the avoidance of doubt, the savings provisions contained in article 3(3)(a) and (4) in the No. 2 Order.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2009 nawm 2.

[^f00002]: S.I. 2009/3272 (W. 288) (C. 145).