PART 6Miscellaneous

Review71

1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out 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 is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive 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 by a system that imposes less regulation.

4

The first report under this regulation must be published no later than 5 years after the commencement date.

5

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.