Prospective
46Review of Pubs CodeE+W
(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.