Statutory guidance

Business regulation: statutory review requirements

Guidance for departments on what they need to consider when deciding whether a review provision is appropriate.

From:
Department for Business and Trade
Published
1 July 2015
Last updated
19 September 2023 鈥� See all updates

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Ministers have a duty to include a statutory review provision in new secondary legislation that has a regulatory effect on business unless it is not appropriate to do so.

This statutory guidance explains what departments need to consider when deciding whether a review provision is appropriate. It has been published to help understanding of the聽duty in the .

Update September 2023

Updated for consequential changes further to the new Better Regulation Framework.

Please refer to the related聽best practice guidance聽when completing a post- implementation review (PIR).

Updates to this page

Published 1 July 2015
Last updated 19 September 2023 show all updates

  1. Added new statutory guidance.

  2. The guidance has been revised to encourage a more proportionate approach to the inclusion of review clauses so that they concentrate on the measures with significant impacts.

  3. First published.

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