Section 42 Duty to review certain existing powers of entryI1

(1)

Each Minister of the Crown who is a member of the Cabinet must, within the relevant period—

(a)

review relevant powers of entry, and relevant associated powers, for which the Minister is responsible with a view to deciding whether to make an order under section 39(1), 40 or 41 in relation to any of them,

(b)

prepare a report of that review, and

(c)

lay a copy of the report before Parliament.

(2)

A failure by a Minister of the Crown to comply with a duty under subsection (1) in relation to a power of entry or associated power does not affect the validity of the power.

(3)

In this section—

“relevant associated power” means any associated power in a public general Act or a statutory instrument made under such an Act,
“the relevant period” means the period of two years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed,
“relevant power of entry” means any power of entry in a public general Act or a statutory instrument made under such an Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: S. 42 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1205, art. 3(l)