PART 5Miscellaneous
Review12
1
The Secretary of State must from time to time—
a
carry out a review of the effect of these Regulations,
b
set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and
c
publish the report.
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3
The report must in particular—
a
set out the objectives to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations,
b
assess the extent to which those objectives have been achieved; and
c
assess whether those objectives remain appropriate and, if so, the extent to which they could be achieved with a system that imposes less regulation.
4
The first report under this regulation must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.
5
Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.
Consequential amendments
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1
The Enterprise Act 2002 (Part 9 Restrictions on Disclosure of Information) (Specification) Order 200414 is amended as follows.
2
In Schedule 1 for “The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003” substitute “The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015”.
14
1
The Legislative and Regulatory Reform (Regulatory Functions) Order 200715 is amended as follows.
2
In Part 3 of the Schedule, under the heading “Environment”, omit the entry “The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003” and after the last entry insert “The Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015”.
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1
Paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Consumer Rights Act 201516 is amended as follows.
2
Omit “paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1941);”.
3
At the end, insert “regulation 7(1) of the Packaging (Essential Requirements) Regulations 2015”.
Revocations16
Schedule 6 has effect.