The Quality Schemes (Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs) Regulations 2018

Review U.K.

23.—(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations, and

(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

(2) The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force for any purpose.

(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

(4) Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the obligations under the EU Regulations are implemented in [F1 other] member States.

(5) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular—

(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

(b) assess the extent to which these objectives are achieved,

(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and

(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involved less onerous regulatory provision.

(6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 M1 (see section 32 of that Act).

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 23(4) omitted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Agricultural Products, Food and Drink (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1637), regs. 1(7), 15(12)

Marginal Citations

M1 2015 c. 26; section 28 was disapplied by the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), Schedule 7(3), paragraph 27; section 30(3) was amended by the Enterprise Act 2016 (c. 12), section 19(a) and the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (c. 16), Schedule 8(2), paragraphs 36(a) and (b).