Section 1 Collaboration agreementsI1
(1)
A collaboration agreement may be made by—
(a)
one or more persons within a paragraph of subsection (2), and
(b)
one or more persons within another paragraph of that subsection.
(2)
Those persons are—
(a)
an ambulance trust in England,
(b)
a fire and rescue body in England, and
(c)
a police body in England.
(3)
A collaboration agreement is an agreement in writing that sets out how the parties to the agreement will work together in discharging their functions.
(4)
Subsection (1) does not prevent a person other than a person listed in subsection (2) from being a party to a collaboration agreement.
(5)
This section is subject to section 3 (collaboration agreements: specific restrictions).
(6)
Section 4 makes further provision about collaboration agreements.