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(1)The Secretary of State must—
(a)review the current environmental improvement plan in accordance with this section, section 11 and section 12, and
(b)if the Secretary of State of State is required to revise the plan under section 11, or considers it appropriate to revise the plan as a result of the review, revise the plan.
(2)The period to which a revised plan relates must end at the same time as the period to which the current plan relates.
(3)The first review of the first environmental improvement plan must be completed by 31 January 2023.
(4)The first review of a subsequent environmental improvement plan must be completed before the end of the 5 year period beginning with the day on which it replaces the previous plan (see section 13(4)).
(5)Subsequent reviews of an environmental improvement plan must be completed before the end of the 5 year period beginning with the day on which the previous review was completed.
(6)If as a result of a review the Secretary of State revises the environmental improvement plan, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament—
(a)the revised environmental improvement plan, and
(b)a statement explaining the revisions and the reasons for them.
(7)If as a result of a review the Secretary of State does not revise the environmental improvement plan, the Secretary of State must lay before Parliament a statement explaining that and the reasons for it.
(8)The Secretary of State must publish the documents laid under subsection (6) or (7).
(9)A review is completed when the Secretary of State has laid and published the documents mentioned in subsection (6) or (7).
(10)References in this Act to an environmental improvement plan include a revised environmental improvement plan.
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