7Delegation and subsidiaries
(1)The Welsh Ministers may, to any extent and subject to any conditions as they think appropriate, delegate any of their functions under this Measure (other than excepted functions) to any person.
(2)The Welsh Ministers may acquire or establish subsidiaries to carry out any of their functions under this Measure (other than excepted functions).
(3)An excepted function is any function relating to—
(a)making regulations or orders;
(b)giving directions.
(4)A delegation under subsection (1) may be varied or revoked at any time.
(5)Any agreement or arrangement made under this section by the Welsh Ministers for delegating a function, or for arranging that a subsidiary will carry out a function, does not prevent the Welsh Ministers from exercising the function, if they consider that it is necessary or expedient for them to do so.