7. After regulation 8 (revocation and saving) insert—
9. The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a)carry out, in relation to England, 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 reasonable, have regard to how Council Directive 1999/32/EC, which is being implemented by means of these Regulations, is 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 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 29th August 2019.
(5) Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.”.