(1)The Council may provide for any person advice or assistance, including research or other services, as respects any matter in which the Council has skill, experience or expertise.
(2)The Council may make such charges as it thinks fit in respect of anything done in exercise of its powers under this section.
(3)The Council may spend such sums as it considers reasonable in the exploitation of commercial opportunities arising from the activities it carries on in the exercise of its functions.
(4)The Council may—
(a)establish one or more bodies corporate to exercise on behalf of the Council such of its functions under this section, in such circumstances, as the Council may determine;
(b)acquire an interest in an existing body corporate with a view to it exercising on behalf of the Council such of its functions under this section, in such circumstances, as the Council may determine.
(5)The Council may acquire an interest in a body corporate under subsection (4)(b) only with the consent of the Secretary of State.
(6)If the Secretary of State gives such consent, the Secretary of State must publish a notice stating that consent has been given and specifying the reasons for giving consent.