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 — See all updates

Documents

Updated statutory post-implementation review guidance

PDF, 297 KB, 7 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.

If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email digital@businessandtrade.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

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 duty in the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.

Update September 2023

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

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

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

1. 19 September 2023

   Added new statutory guidance.

2. 28 December 2017

   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. 1 July 2015

   First published.