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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2019 No. 734
3.—(1) The Scottish Ministers may, for the purposes of carrying out the functions specified in paragraph (3), enter into arrangements with any of the persons or bodies mentioned in paragraph (2) for those functions to be exercised by that person or body on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.
(2) The persons or bodies are—
(a)the Forestry Commissioners,
(b)the Natural Resources Body for Wales(1), and
(c)the Welsh Ministers.
(3) The functions are—
(a)the Scottish Ministers’ functions under the 2018 Act,
(b)the Scottish Ministers’ functions exercisable by or under any order made under the 1967 Act,
(c)the Scottish Ministers’ functions referred to in Article 5(2)(a),
(d)the Scottish Ministers’ functions under the 2002 Regulations, and
(e)the Scottish Ministers’ functions under the 2015 Regulations.
(4) An arrangement entered into by virtue of paragraph (1) does not affect the Scottish Ministers’ responsibility for the exercise of their functions specified in paragraph (3).
(5) The functions in paragraph (3) do not include functions of making, confirming or approving subordinate legislation.
The Natural Resources Body for Wales is established by S.I. 2012/1903.
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