2(1)Before determining whether to make an order on an application under paragraph 1 above, the Ministers shall—E+W
(a)consult whichever of the following is not the applicant, that is to say, the [F1Agency] and the body from which any functions or property are proposed in the application to be transferred; and
(b)consider any representations made with respect to the application by the [F1Agency] or, as the case may be, by any such body.
(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above shall not require the Ministers to consult, or consider representations from, any body which no longer has any members.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 2 substituted (subject to the other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3