Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under sections 22(10) and 161(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
2017 No. XXXX
Regulatory Reform

The Business Impact Target (Relevant Regulators) Regulations 2017

Made***
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 22(9)1 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 20152.
In accordance with sections 22(10)3 and 161(4) of that Act, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Business Impact Target (Relevant Regulators) Regulations 2017 and come into force on the twenty first day after the day on which they are made.

Relevant regulators2.

For the purposes of section 22 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (and of sections 24A4 and 265 of that Act), a “relevant regulator” means a body or other person specified in the Schedule.
Name
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

SCHEDULE

Regulation 2

  • British Hallmarking Council6
  • Care Quality Commission7
  • Charity Commission for England and Wales8
  • Chief Inspector of Drinking Water9 and other persons appointed under section 86(1) of the Water Industry Act 199110
  • Civil Aviation Authority11
  • Coal Authority12
  • Commission for Equality and Human Rights13

  • Commissioners of Irish Lights

  • Competition and Markets Authority14
  • Comptroller-General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks15
  • Director of Fair Access to Higher Education16
  • Environment Agency17
  • Financial Conduct Authority18
  • Financial Reporting Council Limited19
  • Food Standards Agency20
  • Forestry Commissioners21
  • Gambling Commission22
  • Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority23
  • Gas and Electricity Markets Authority24
  • Groceries Code Adjudicator25
  • Guardians of the Standard of Wrought Plate in Birmingham (the Birmingham Assay Office)26
  • Guardians of the Standard of Wrought Plate within the town of Sheffield (the Sheffield Assay Office)27
  • Health and Safety Executive28
  • Her Majesty’s Land Registry29
  • Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs30
  • Higher Education Funding Council for England31
  • Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England32
  • Homes and Communities Agency33
  • Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority34
  • Human Tissue Authority35
  • Immigration Services Commissioner36
  • Incorporation of Goldsmiths of the City of Edinburgh (the Edinburgh Assay Office)37
  • Information Commissioner38
  • Marine Management Organisation39
  • Natural England40

  • Northern Lighthouse Board

  • Office for Nuclear Regulation41
  • Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills42
  • Office of Communications43
  • Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation44
  • Office of Rail and Road45
  • Oil and Gas Authority46
  • Payment Systems Regulator47
  • Pensions Regulator48
  • Registrars of companies49
  • Regulator of Community Interest Companies50
  • Security Industry Authority51
  • Sports Grounds Safety Authority52
  • Traffic Commissioners53
  • The Trinity House (as defined in section 223(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 199554)
  • Wardens and Commonalty of the Mystery of Goldsmiths of the City of London (the London Assay Office)55
  • Water Services Regulation Authority56
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Section 22(9) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (c.26) (“the 2015 Act”), inserted by section 14(3) of the Enterprise Act 2016 (c.12) (“the 2016 Act”), gives the Secretary of State the power to specify in regulations bodies and persons which are “relevant regulators”.

Section 24A of the 2015 Act, inserted by section 14(4) of, and Schedule 2 to the 2016 Act places an obligation upon these regulators to publish certain documents. One of these documents is an assessment of the economic impact upon business activities of certain “regulatory provisions”. Section 22 of the 2015 Act determines which activities of these regulators will be classed as “regulatory provisions” and section 26 of the 2015 Act places obligations on the regulators in the event that the Secretary of State amends the business impact target framework. These Regulations specify the bodies and persons that are “relevant regulators”. These bodies and persons are listed in the Schedule to these Regulations.

A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/business-impact-target-growth-duty-and-small-business-appeals-champion.