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1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of these Regulations,

b

set out the conclusions of the review in a report, and

c

publish the report.

2

In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the EU obligations implemented by these Regulations have been implemented in other member States.

3

The report must in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations,

b

assess the extent to which those objectives have been achieved, and

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.

4

The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which this regulation comes into force.

5

Reports under this Regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.