Regulation 18 Review

(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 the conclusions of the review.

(2)

The first report must be published before the end of the period of five years beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force.

(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 requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Council Directive 96/53/EC of 25th July 1996 laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorized dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorized weights in international traffic, as amended by Directive (EU) 2015/719^f1, is implemented in other member States.

(5)

Section 30(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 requires that a report published under this regulation must, in particular—

(a)

set out the objective 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 objective 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 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: OJ L 235, 17.9.1996, p 59, as amended by directive (EU) 2015/719 of the European Parliament and of the Council OJ L 115, 6.5.2015, p 1.