An Order in Council under this section may not make provision about a function of a Minister of the Crown exercisable in relation to the area of the Welsh zone beyond the seaward limit of the territorial sea unless the function is connected with fishing, fisheries or fish health.

Subsection (1A) does not have effect in relation to an Order in Council to the extent that it contains provision made by virtue of paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 (functions exercisable beyond the territorial sea).

An Order in Council under this section may, in particular, provide for any function exercisable by the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General by virtue of an Order in Council under subsection (1)(a) or (b) to be exercisable either generally or in such circumstances as may be specified in the Order in Council, concurrently with any other of the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General.

In subsection (2A)—

• "previously conferred or transferred function” means a function exercisable by—

  1. a

     the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister or the Counsel General,

  2. b

     a Minister of the Crown, or

  3. c

     any authority or other body,

  by virtue of provision contained in or made under this Act or any other enactment;

• "water-related function” means a function exercisable in relation to water supply, water quality, water resources management, control of pollution of water resources, sewerage, rivers and other watercourses, land drainage, flood risk management or coastal protection.

For further provision in connection with the transfer etc. of functions by Orders in Council under this section see Schedule 3.