PART 4Review of regulatory provision

Requirement to carry out a review of the regulatory provision in Part 213

1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in Part 2, and

b

publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

2

The first report must be published before the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force.

3

Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

4

Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 20154 requires that a report published under this regulation must in particular—

a

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision,

b

assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,

c

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and

d

if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.

5

In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).