# The Reduction and Prevention of Agricultural Diffuse Pollution (England) Regulations 2018, Regulation 16: Review

Extent: E+W

(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time—
(a) carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in these Regulations, and
(b) publish a report setting out conclusions of the review.
(2) The first report must be published before 2nd April 2021.
(3) Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.
(4) Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (“the 2015 Act”) requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Article 11(3)(h) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy is implemented in other member States.
(5) Section 30(4) of the 2015 Act requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular—
(a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by the regulatory provision referred to in paragraph (1)(a),
(b) assess the extent to which those objectives are achieved,
(c) assess whether those objectives remain appropriate, and
(d) if those objectives remain appropriate, assess the extent to which they could be achieved in another way which involves less onerous regulatory provision.
(6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the 2015 Act (see section 32 of that Act).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/151/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/reduction-and-prevention-of-agricultural-diffuse-pollution-england-regulations-2018/regulation-16
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