Article 26 Review

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

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

(a)

carry out a review of articles 3 to 25;

(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 Council Directive 2008/71/EC^f1 on the identification and registration of pigs is implemented in other member States.

(3)

The report must in particular—

(a)

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

(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)

“Review period” means—

(a)

the period of five years beginning with the day on which this Order comes 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 following review period is to begin with the day on which that report is published.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ No L 213, 8.8.2008, p31.