Functions may be conferred or imposed on the Welsh Ministers by that name.

Functions of the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister and the Counsel General are exercisable on behalf of Her Majesty.

Functions of the Welsh Ministers are exercisable by the First Minister or any of the Welsh Ministers appointed under section 48.

Any act or omission of, or in relation to, the First Minister or any of the Welsh Ministers appointed under section 48 is to be treated as an act or omission of, or in relation to, each of them.

But subsection (4) does not apply in relation to the exercise of functions conferred or imposed on the First Minister alone.

Where a function conferred or imposed on the Counsel General is (either generally or in particular circumstances) exercisable concurrently by the Welsh Ministers or the First Minister, subsection (4) applies in relation to the exercise of the function (or to its exercise in those circumstances) as if the Counsel General were included among the Welsh Ministers.