48OLocal board agreements

1. For each financial year, the unitary authority must have a local board agreement (as agreed between the governing body and the local board) for each local board area.

2. A local board agreement must set out how the unitary authority will, in the year to which the agreement relates, reflect the priorities and preferences in the local board's plan in respect of—

3. the local activities to be provided in the local board area; and
4. the responsibilities, duties, or powers delegated to the local board by the governing body under clause 36C of Schedule 7; and
5. the implementation or enforcement of bylaws made by the unitary authority as a result of a proposal from the local board.

6. A local board agreement is not required to reflect the priorities and preferences in its local board plan in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (2) to the extent that 1 or more of the following apply:

7. the local board determines that the priorities and preferences in the plan no longer reflect the priorities and preferences of the communities in the local board area; or
8. the governing body determines that the indicative budget in the plan is, or has become, significantly inaccurate; or
9. consistency with the plan would be contrary to any enactment.

10. A local board agreement must not be inconsistent with the adopted strategies, plans, policies, and objectives of the governing body.

11. For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), a local board agreement must, in respect of the local activities to be provided in the local board area in the year to which the agreement relates, include—

12. a statement of the intended levels of service provision that specifies—
    1. any performance measures specified in a rule made under section 261B for each activity described in clause 2(2) of Schedule 10; and
    2. the performance measures that the unitary authority considers will enable the public to assess the level of service for major aspects of an activity for which performance measures have not been specified as described in subparagraph (i); and
    3. the performance target or targets set by the unitary authority for each performance measure; and
    4. any intended changes to the level of service that was provided in the year before the year to which the agreement relates and the reasons for the change; and
13. the funding impact statement in the form prescribed for inclusion in an annual plan under clause 20(2) of Schedule 10; and
14. a statement of how any expenses in excess of the local board's estimated funding allocation under clause 21A(b) of Schedule 10 are to be met (including estimated revenue levels and the other sources of funding).

15. Each local board must monitor the implementation of the local board agreement for its local board area.

Notes

• Section 48O: inserted, on 8 August 2014, by section 17 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2014 (2014 No 55).