PART 3Review and Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments
Review18
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 other 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 201519 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).
Consequential amendments19
Schedule 5 (consequential amendments) makes amendments to legislation which are consequential to these Regulations (subject to regulation 2(4)).