Part 8

Flexible administrative arrangements
Chapter 1

Agreements with designated bodies

Supplementary

Supplementary provisions with respect to agreements
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1
An agreement, and any approval given by the Secretary of State under section 79, must be in writing.
2
The Secretary of State must arrange for a copy of an agreement to be published in a way that the Secretary of State thinks is suitable for bringing it to the attention of persons likely to be affected by it.
3
No power of a Minister of the Crown under any enactment to give directions to a statutory body extends to giving a direction—
a
requiring it to enter into an agreement;
b
prohibiting it from entering into an agreement;
c
requiring it to include, or prohibiting it from including, particular terms;
d
requiring it to negotiate, or prohibiting it from negotiating, a variation or termination of an agreement.
4
Schedule 15 to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994 (c. 40) (restrictions on disclosure of information) applies in relation to an authorisation by a designated body under this Chapter as it applies in relation to an authorisation under section 69 of that Act by an office-holder.
S. 85 in force at 31.5.2006 by S.I. 2006/1382, art. 2