14. After regulation 33, insert—
34.—(1) The Secretary of State must—
(a)conduct a review of the operation and effect of these Regulations;
(b)set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
(c)publish a report.
(2) In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directives are implemented in other member States of the EU.
(3) The report must in particular—
(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved 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) “Review period” means—
(a)the period of five years beginning with the day on which the Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment (Amendment) Regulations 2011 come into force; and
(b)subject to paragraph (5), each successive period of five years.
(5) If a report under this regulation is published before the last day of the review period to which it relates, the following review period is to begin with the day on which that report is published.”.