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(1) The Secretary of State must from time to time— (a) carry out a review, respectively, of the provisions of these Regulations to which amendments have been made by— (i) Part 6 of the Limited Liability Partnerships, Partnerships and Groups (Accounts and Audit) Regulations 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”), ... (ii) Part 3 of the Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018, ... (iii) Part 2 of the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018, and (iv) the Companies (Directors’ Report) (Payment Reporting) Regulations 2025, and (b) set out the conclusions of each review in a separate report, and (c) publish the report. (2) The report must, in particular— (a) set out the objectives intended to be achieved by those provisions, (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. (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) The first report under paragraph (1)(a)(i) must be published before the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which the 2016 Regulations come into force. (4A) The first report under paragraph (1)(a)(ii) must be published before the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which Part 3 of the Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018 comes into force. (4B) The first report under paragraph (1)(a)(iii) must be published before the end of the period of 5 years beginning with the date on which the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 come into force. (4C) The first report under paragraph (1)(a)(iv) must be published on or before the 6th April 2029. (5) Subsequent reports under paragraph (1)(a)(i) to (iv) respectively must be published at intervals not exceeding 5 years. (6) In this regulation, “regulatory provision” has the meaning given by section 32(4) of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.