Section 82 Maximum duration of agreementI1
England and Wales
The maximum period for which an agreement may authorise a designated body to perform—
a DEFRA F1or DESNZ function, or
a function that is related to or connected with a DEFRA F2or DESNZ function,
is 20 years.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 82(a) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(d) (with art. 17)
- F2
Words in s. 82(b) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 13(2)(d) (with art. 17)
Commencement
- I1
S. 82 in force at 31.5.2006 by S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2