Paragraph 4

United Kingdom

For the purposes of regulation 2(1)^f1 and paragraph 3, functions are not to be regarded as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown or government department in relation to any function of a public authority merely because—

(a)

the agreement of a Minister of the Crown or government department is required to the exercise of a function of the public authority;

(b)

a Minister of the Crown or government department must be consulted by the public authority, or by the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister, the Counsel General, a Northern Ireland Minister or a Northern Ireland department, about the exercise of a function of the public authority; or

(c)

a Minister of the Crown or government department may exercise functions falling within paragraph 5 in relation to functions of the public authority.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: See definitions of “secondary devolved Northern Ireland function”, “secondary devolved Scottish function” and “secondary devolved Welsh function”.