Government of Wales Act 2006

63 Consultation about cross-border bodies

(1) A Minister of the Crown must consult the Welsh Ministers—

(a) before exercising any function which relates to the appointment or removal of a relevant cross-border body,

(b) before exercising any function which relates to the appointment or removal of any member or office-holder of a relevant cross-border body, other than one who is not concerned in the functions or activities which the body exercises or carries on in or with respect to Wales, and

(c) before exercising, in relation to a relevant cross-border body, any function the exercise of which might affect Wales in relation to any matter as respects which functions are exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.

(2) A body is a relevant cross-border body if it is a cross-border body which exercises functions of a public nature and which is not a government department.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the exercise of a function if it is not reasonably practicable to comply with it in relation to the exercise of the function (for reasons of urgency or for any other reasons).

(4) If subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the exercise of a function by a Minister of the Crown by reason of subsection (3), the Minister of the Crown must as soon as is reasonably practicable inform the Welsh Ministers of the exercise of the function and of the reasons for its exercise.

(5) A failure to comply with subsection (1) in relation to the exercise of a function does not affect the validity of its exercise.