Review111

1

The Secretary of State must from time to time—

a

carry out a review of the regulatory provision contained in—

i

regulation 18 in so far as it relates to the efficiency of brakes,

ii

regulation 70,

iii

paragraph 8 of Schedule 7B, and

b

publish a report setting out the conclusions of the review.

2

The first report must be published before 20th May 2023.

3

Subsequent reports must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years.

4

Section 30(3) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 20153 requires that a review carried out under this regulation must, so far as is reasonable, have regard to how Directive 2014/45/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers 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 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 Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).