PART 5

Regulations under Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4

Reporting requirements
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1
As soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting period, the relevant authority must lay before the appropriate legislature a report on the operation of any regulations made by the relevant authority under sections 2(1), 10(1), 15(1) and 19(1) that were in force at any time during the reporting period.
2
In preparing a report, the relevant authority must consult such persons as the relevant authority considers appropriate.
3
A report must include a summary of—
a
any concerns raised, or proposals for change made, by a person consulted in accordance with subsection (2), and
b
the relevant authority’s response to those concerns or proposals, including any plan the relevant authority may have to make further regulations under section 2(1), 10(1), 15(1) or 19(1).
4
The reporting periods are—
a
the period of 24 months beginning with the day on which the first set of regulations under section 2(1), 10(1), 15(1) or 19(1) comes into force, and
b
each successive period of 24 months.
5
In this section—
- “appropriate legislature” means—
  1. in relation to a report of the Secretary of State, Parliament;
  2. in relation to a report of a Northern Ireland department, the Northern Ireland Assembly;
- “relevant authority” means—
  1. in relation to regulations made under section 2(1) or 10(1) by the Secretary of State (whether acting alone or jointly with a Northern Ireland department), the Secretary of State;
  2. in relation to regulations made under section 2(1) or 10(1) by a Northern Ireland department (whether acting alone or jointly with the Secretary of State), the Northern Ireland department;
  3. in relation to regulations made under section 15(1) or 19(1), the Secretary of State.