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SCHEDULE 3U.K.Transfer etc. of functions: further provisions

Part 2 U.K.Exercise of transferred functions

Agreement or consultation: Ministers and ParliamentU.K.

6U.K.An Order in Council under section 58 which includes provision—

(a)transferring to the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General any function so far as exercisable by a Minister of the Crown in relation to a cross-border body or an English border area, or

(b)directing that any function is to be exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General in relation to a cross-border body or an English border area concurrently with the Minister of the Crown by whom it is exercisable,

may provide that (either generally or to such extent as may be specified in the Order in Council) the function may be exercised by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General only with the agreement of, or after consultation with, a Minister of the Crown.

7(1)This paragraph applies where a function is exercisable by a Minister of the Crown—U.K.

(a)only with the agreement of, or after consultation with, another Minister of the Crown, or

(b)only with the authorisation of Parliament or either House of Parliament.

(2)If an Order in Council under section 58 includes provision transferring the function to the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General it is to be exercisable free from that requirement unless the Order in Council provides otherwise.

(3)If an Order in Council under that section includes provision directing that the function is to be exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General concurrently with the Minister of the Crown by whom it is exercisable, the Order in Council may provide that is to be exercisable free from that requirement.