PART 5Miscellaneous
Review12
1
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of the effect 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 articles 9 and 11 of the Directive (which is implemented by means of these Regulations) are implemented in other member States.
3
The report must in particular—
a
set out the objectives 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 these Regulations come into force.
5
Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.