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consulted, in accordance with section 5(1) of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001^f1, such organisations as appear to him to be representative of interests substantially affected by his proposals for this Order, the National Assembly for Wales, and such other persons as he considered appropriate;

following that consultation, considered it appropriate to vary part of his proposals, and undertaken such further consultation with respect to the variations as appeared to him to be appropriate;

following those consultations, considered it appropriate to proceed with the making of this Order;

laid a document containing his proposals before Parliament, in accordance with section 6 of the Regulatory Reform Act 2001, and the period for Parliamentary consideration under section 8 of the Act has expired;

had regard to the representations made during that period and in particular to the 6th Report of the Regulatory Reform Committee of the House of Commons^f2 and the 21st Report of the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee of the House of Lords^f3;

laid a draft of this Order before Parliament with a statement giving details of those representations and of the changes he has made to his proposals in the light of them;

reached the opinion that this Order does not remove any necessary protection, or prevent any person from continuing to exercise any right or freedom which he might reasonably expect to continue to exercise;

as this Order creates burdens affecting persons, reached the opinion that—