(1)A power under this Chapter to confer a function on a person by regulations may be exercised so as to confer the function, or aspects of the function, on more than one person.
(2)A power under this Chapter to make provision by regulations about how a function may or must be discharged may, in particular, be exercised so as to—
(a)require or allow the person discharging the function to enter into a contract with another person,
(b)require the person discharging the function to have regard to any guidance about the discharge of the function issued by the Scottish Ministers.
(3)The powers under this Chapter to make regulations may be exercised so as to—
(a)make such provision as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary or expedient in consequence of, or for the purpose of giving full effect to, any regulations made in exercise of a power under this Chapter,
(b)modify any enactment (including this Act),
(c)make different provision for different purposes.