Review22
1
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations; and
b
publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
2
The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the coming into force of these Regulations.
3
Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.
4
Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 201514 requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Articles of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom15 implemented by these Regulations are implemented in other member States.
5
Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report 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 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).