(1)A collaboration agreement may, in particular, make provision about the use, for the purposes of the agreement, of a power of a party to the agreement to—
(a)make arrangements for the exercise of the party's functions by another person, or
(b)exercise functions jointly with another person.
(2)A collaboration agreement may include provision for payments to be made by the parties to the agreement for the purposes of facilitating that agreement.
(3)A party to a collaboration agreement may do anything that is necessary or expedient for the purposes of facilitating the agreement.
(4)Subsection (3) is subject to any restriction imposed on a party by, or by virtue of, an enactment or rule of law.
(5)A collaboration agreement may not include provision for the delegation of a function where that function may not otherwise be delegated.
(6)The delegation of a function pursuant to a collaboration agreement does not affect the responsibility of any party to the agreement for the exercise of its functions.
(7)A collaboration agreement must make provision for a party to withdraw from the agreement where in the view of that party the agreement is no longer in the interests of its efficiency or effectiveness.
(8)A collaboration agreement may be—
(a)varied with the agreement of all of the parties to the agreement, or
(b)replaced by a subsequent collaboration agreement.