Regulation 81 Review

United Kingdom

(1)

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)

carry out a review of these Regulations;

(b)

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

(c)

publish the report.

(2)

~~F1In carrying out the review the Secretary of State must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how the Directive is implemented in other~~ ~~F2relevant~~ ~~states.~~

(3)

The report must, in particular—

(a)

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory system established by these Regulations;

(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 by a system that imposes less regulation.

(4)

The first report under this regulation must be published no later than 5 years after the date of the coming into force of these Regulations.

(5)

Reports under this regulation are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 81(2) omitted (E.W.S.) (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/696), reg. 1, Sch. 27 para. 47 (with Sch. 27 para. 50(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/676, regs. 1(1), 2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Word in reg. 81(2) substituted (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1112), reg. 1(b), Sch. 14 para. 7