PART 4The Pubs Code Adjudicator and the Pubs Code
Pubs Code
46Review of Pubs Code
1
The Secretary of State must review the operation of the Pubs Code for each review period.
2
The first review period is the period beginning on the date on which the Pubs Code comes into force and ending 2 years after the following 31 March.
3
Subsequent review periods are each successive period of 3 years after the first review period.
4
As soon as practicable after a review period, the Secretary of State must—
a
publish a report of the findings of the review for that period, and
b
lay a copy of the report before Parliament.
5
In particular, the report must set out—
a
the extent to which, in the Secretary of State's opinion, the Pubs Code is consistent with the principles set out in section 42(3), and
b
any revisions of the Pubs Code which, in the Secretary of State's opinion, would enable the Pubs Code to reflect more fully those principles.