Section 19 | Guidance by the Secretary of State

(1)The Secretary of State may issue guidance to reviewers as to the exercise of functions under section 17.

(2)A reviewer must, in exercising any of those functions, have regard to any guidance for the time being in force under this section.

(3)The Secretary of State must—

(a)publish any guidance or revised guidance issued under this section, and

(b)lay any such guidance or revised guidance before Parliament.

(4)In this section “reviewer” has the same meaning as in section 17.