{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-strategy-regulations-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-strategy-regulations-2010/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/1627",
  "legislation_title": "The Marine Strategy Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/marine-strategy-regulations-2010",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of regulation 2(1) 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—\n(a) the agreement of a Minister of the Crown or government department is required to the exercise of a function of the public authority;\n(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\n(c) a Minister of the Crown or government department may exercise functions falling within paragraph 5 in relation to functions of the public authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See definitions of “secondary devolved Northern Ireland function”, “secondary devolved Scottish function” and “secondary devolved Welsh function”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/1627/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:38:37.391729+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}