(1)Where—
(a)a Minister of the Crown proposes to exercise a relevant function in relation to two or more harbours, and
(b)at least one of those harbours is a harbour that is wholly in Wales and is not a reserved trust port,
the Minister of the Crown must first consult the Welsh Ministers (except where section 38(1) applies).
(2)Where a Minister of the Crown has made an order under section 42A of the Harbours Act 1964, the duty in subsection (1) applies to the delegate as it applies to a Minister of the Crown.
(3)In this section—
“relevant function” has the same meaning as in section 34;
“reserved trust port” has the meaning given in section 32;
“Wales” has the same meaning as in section 34.