PART 1 WLOCAL GOVERNMENT IMPROVEMENT

Improvement planning and informationW

14Use of performance informationW

(1)A Welsh improvement authority must use the information it collects under section 13 to compare its performance in exercising the functions to which the information relates with—

(a)its performance in exercising those or similar functions during previous financial years; and

(b)so far as is reasonably practicable, the performance of other Welsh improvement authorities and other public authorities in exercising those or similar functions during the financial year to which the information relates and during previous financial years.

(2)A Welsh improvement authority must—

(a)use the information it collects under section 13 to assess whether it could improve its performance in exercising its functions; and

(b)in the light of that assessment, decide what steps it will take with a view to improving its performance in exercising its functions.

(3)In discharging its duty under this section and section 13 a Welsh improvement authority must have regard to any guidance issued by the Welsh Ministers.