Article 22 Review

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

(a)

carry out a review of this Order,

(b)

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

(c)

publish the report.

F1(2)

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(3)

The report must in particular—

(a)

set out the objectives intended to be achieved by this Order,

(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 in a less burdensome way.

(4)

The first report under this Order must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with 1st January 2012.

(5)

Reports under this article are afterwards to be published at intervals not exceeding five years.

Annotations

F1: Art. 22(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Trade in Animals and Related Products (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/782), regs. 1, 6(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)