Review3
1
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of regulations 2 and 4 to 32;
b
set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
c
publish the report.
2
The review shall relate to the operation of these Regulations as they have effect in relation to England and Wales only.
3
In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive which is implemented by means of regulations 2 and 4 to 32 is implemented in other Member States.
4
The report must in particular—
a
set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those regulations;
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.
5
The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 18th July 2012.
6
Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.