Policy paper

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill: appropriate review provision - draft statutory guidance

Draft guidance on a new duty in the SBEE Bill, for ministers to include review provisions in secondary legislation that regulates business.

• From: Department for Business, Innovation & Skills
• Published: 25 February 2015

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act: Draft Statutory Guidance for Departments

Ref: BIS/15/66/

PDF, 145 KB, 6 pages

Details

The Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (SBEE) will create a new duty on ministers. This duty will be 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 draft statutory guidance explains what departments need to consider in deciding whether a review provision is appropriate. It is being published to help understanding of the new duty in the bill.

Published 25 February 2015