The Environment Agency may make arrangements with a person exercising Welsh environmental functions who is not a cross-border operator for that person to exercise a F1...function of the Agency.

The consent of the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers is required for arrangements under subsection (1).

The Secretary of State may by order with the consent of the Welsh Ministers make provision about how the function of making arrangements under subsection (1) is to be discharged (including provision about the extent to which a fee may be charged in respect of anything done under the arrangements).

An order under subsection (3) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

For the purposes of subsection (1) a person is not a cross-border operator merely because functions exercisable in or with respect to England have been delegated to that person.