(1)The Forestry Commissioners may make arrangements with a person who exercises a Welsh environmental function (with or without other functions) to provide administrative, professional or technical services to that person for purposes relating to the exercise of public functions in or as regards Wales.
(2)The Welsh Ministers may by order make provision about how the function of making arrangements under this section is to be discharged (including provision about the extent to which a fee may be charged in respect of anything done under the arrangements).
(3)An order under subsection (2) is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales.
(4)The Secretary of State's consent is required for—
(a)arrangements under this section, or
(b)an order under subsection (2).
(5)The power to make arrangements under this section is without prejudice to any other power of the Forestry Commissioners to provide services to other persons.