Regulation 11 Insertion of Regulation 13I1

After regulation 12 insert—

“Review of these Regulations

13.

(1)

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)

carry out a review of the regulatory provisions contained in these Regulations, as amended by the Gas Safety (Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2023;

(b)

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

(c)

publish the report.

(2)

Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015^f1 requires that a report must in particular—

(a)

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory regime established by the regulatory provisions referred to in paragraph (1)(a),

(b)

assess the extent to which the objectives are achieved, and

(c)

assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and if so, the extent to which they could be achieved by a system which imposes less onerous regulatory provision.

(3)

The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 6th April 2023.

(4)

Subsequent reports must be published under this regulation at intervals not exceeding five years.

(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).”.