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Performance review of transferred company
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21. (1) A local authority chief executive—
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(a) shall at the end of the period of 3 years beginning on the company transfer day of a company to the local authority of which he or she is its chief executive, and
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(b) may at the end of each subsequent period of 5 years beginning on the expiration of the last previous period,
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appoint a suitably qualified person to carry out an examination as to the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the performance by the transferred company of its functions and to report in writing to the local authority chief executive of the results of the examination.
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(2) Any examination and report referred to in subsection (1) shall be completed by the person appointed under that subsection within the period of 4 months from the date of his or her appointment.
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(3) A local authority chief executive shall submit a copy of a report under subsection (1) to the transferred company to which the report relates.
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(4) A local authority chief executive shall report to the elected council on the findings of a report under subsection (1).
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