(1)The Authority may enter into agreements with any other person for the purpose of—
(a)facilitating the administration of any provision of the relevant enactments for the regulation of vessels in the navigation area or on adjacent waters; and
(b)integrating such administration with the administration by that person of any powers and controls exercised by that person or other arrangements made by it for the regulation of vessels.
(2)In particular, any agreement made under subsection (1) may provide—
(a)for treating registration or other certificates issued by one of the parties to the agreement as certificates issued by the other;
(b)for treating distinguishing marks or numbers assigned to vessels registered or certified by one party to the agreement as having been assigned to that vessel by the other; and
(c)for apportioning any registration fees or other charges between the parties to the agreement.
(3)To the extent provided by any agreement made under subsection (1), any certificate issued by a party to such an agreement shall be deemed for the purposes of the relevant enactments to have been issued by the Authority, and any mark, number or other distinguishing sign displayed on a vessel in accordance with the requirements of a person who is a party to such an agreement shall be treated as complying with the requirements of the relevant enactments.
(4)In this section, “the relevant enactments” means this Act, the 1988 Act and any byelaw of the Authority.