3—(1) The Department may enter into arrangements with a relevant public authority designed to promote the effective co-ordination of the exercise by the parties to the arrangements of their respective functions in the Northern Ireland inshore region.
(2) The Department shall keep arrangements made under this section under review.
(3) The Department shall—
(a)within one year of the date on which this Act receives Royal Assent publish details of any arrangements made under this section; and
(b)within three years of the date on which this Act receives Royal Assent lay before the Assembly a report on the effectiveness of any arrangements made under this section.
(4) For the purposes of this section “the relevant public authorities” are—
F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment;
(d)the Department for Regional Development;
(e)the Agri-food and Biosciences Institute;
(f)the Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 3(4)(a)(b) omitted (8.5.2016) by virtue of The Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/76), art. 1(3), Sch. 6 para. 89 (with art. 9(2))