Regulation 27 Review

(1)

Before the end of each review period the Secretary of State must—

(a)

carry out a review of Parts 2 and 3;

(b)

set out the conclusions of the review in a report; and

(c)

publish the report.

(2)

In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how provision for the operation of the 2008 Regulation, as it applies to construction products, and the 2011 Regulation is made in other Member States of the European Union.

(3)

The report must in particular—

(a)

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by those Parts;

(b)

assess the extent to which those objectives are 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)

In this regulation, “review period” means—

(a)

the period of five years beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force; and

(b)

subject to paragraph (5), each successive period of five years.

(5)

If a report under this regulation is published before the last day of the review period to which it relates, the next review period will begin with the day on which that report is published.