Commentary on Sections Supplementary and general Section 17: Review of LBRO
50.Section 17 requires the Secretary of State to review LBRO’s discharge of its functions as soon as is practicable after the end of the period of three years beginning on the day on which this section enters into force.
51.Subsection (3) requires that the review consider whether LBRO is discharging its functions effectively and efficiently and the extent to which, in discharging its functions in sections 6 to 10, it has achieved the objective in section 5.
52.The Secretary of State must, in conducting a review under this section, consult with the Welsh Ministers and such other persons as he considers to be appropriate.
53.Under subsection (5), the Secretary of State must publish the results of any review carried out under this section. Under subsection (6) the Secretary of State must lay a copy of any review carried out under this section before Parliament and the National Assembly for Wales.