“Review of regulations 61 to 61B61D.

(1)

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)

carry out a review of regulations 61 to 61B, which relate to emissions,

(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, in so far as they make provision in relation to emissions—

(a)

the Framework Directive, and

(b)

Directives 70/220/EEC9, 88/77/EEC10, 2005/55/EC11 and 2006/40/EC12,

which are implemented by means of various provisions in these Regulations and by the Road Vehicles (Approval) Regulations 200913, are 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 to the extent that they relate to emissions,

(b)

assess the extent to which those objectives are 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 14th January 2012.

(5)

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