The Secretary of State must appoint a person to review the operation of this Act (“the independent reviewer”).

The independent reviewer must carry out a review under this section in respect of each calendar year starting with 2022 and ending with 2026.

Each review must be completed as soon as reasonably practicable after the year to which it relates.

In each calendar year F3after 2026 the independent reviewer must, by 31 January, inform the Secretary of State what (if any) reviews under this section the reviewer intends to carry out in that year.

Those reviews must be completed during that year or as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of it.

The independent reviewer must send to the Secretary of State a report on the outcome of each review carried out under F4this section as soon as reasonably practicable after completion of the review.

On receiving a report under subsection (4), the Secretary of State must lay a copy of it before Parliament.

Subsection (1A) does not require a review to be carried out in respect of any calendar year during the whole of which the Secretary of State's TPIM powers (within the meaning given by section 21(8)) do not exist because of their expiry or repeal under section 21.

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