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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Local Government
Made
10th May 2023
Coming into operation
1st June 2023
The Department for Communities( 1) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 89(1) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 2014( 2) and now vested in it( 3).
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. This Order shall be cited as the Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 and shall come into operation on 1stJune 2023.
2.—(1) The Local Government (Performance Indicators and Standards) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015( 4) 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 (1) |
(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 (1) | |
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 |
(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).
Formerly known as the Department for Social Development; see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (NI).
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