PART 1

The Small Business Commissioner

Reports and reviews

Review of Commissioner's performance
10
1
The Secretary of State must review the Commissioner's performance for each review period.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1), the Secretary of State may direct the Commissioner to provide the Secretary of State with information specified in the direction.
3
The first review period is the period beginning with the day on which section 1 comes into force and ending 2 years after the following 31 March.
4
Subsequent review periods are each successive period of 3 years after the first review period.
5
A review must, in particular, assess how effective the Commissioner has been in carrying out his or her functions, and in doing so may, in particular, assess the impact of the Commissioner's actions on—
a
improving payment practices in commercial transactions;
b
the awareness of small businesses of, or the use by small businesses of, alternative dispute resolution procedures.
6
As soon as practicable after a review period, the Secretary of State must—
a
publish a report of the findings of the review for that period, and
b
lay a copy of the report before Parliament.
S. 10 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 44(1)
S. 10 in force at 1.10.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/473, reg. 3(a)