Review
18.—(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) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by these Regulations;
(b)assess the extent to which the objectives have been achieved;
(c)assess whether the objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved in a less burdensome way.
(3) The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(4) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.