# The Early Years Foundation Stage (Welfare Requirements) Regulations 2012, Regulation 2A: Review

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in regulations 2 to 6 and in regulation 8A,
(b) publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.
(2) The first report must be published before 1st January 2021.
(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.
(4) Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a review carried out under this article must, in particular–
(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b),
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/938/regulation/2A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/early-years-foundation-stage-welfare-requirements-regulations-2012/regulation-2A
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