18.—(1) The Secretary of State must—
(a)carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations; and
(b)publish a report setting out the conclusions of that review.
(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how EU Regulation 2016/426 (which is enforced and supplemented by means of these Regulations) is executed and enforced in [F1other] [F1any] member States.
(3) The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
(4) Subsequent reports under this regulation are to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
(5) Section 30(4) of Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 M1 requires that the reports published under this regulation must, in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),
(b)assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,
(c)assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and
(d)if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
(6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the 2015 Act (see section 32 of that Act).
Textual Amendments
F1Word in reg. 18(2) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 18 para. 1(5)
Marginal Citations
19. Schedule 5 (consequential amendments) makes amendments to legislation which are consequential to these Regulations (subject to regulation 2(4)).
20. Schedule 6 (miscellaneous amendments) makes amendments to the Lifts Regulations 2016 M2; the Recreational Craft Regulations 2017 M3 and the Radio Equipment Regulations 2017 M4.