Part 1Emergency services collaboration
CHAPTER 1Collaboration agreements
I14Collaboration agreements: supplementary
1
A collaboration agreement may, in particular, make provision about the use, for the purposes of the agreement, of a power of a party to the agreement to—
a
make arrangements for the exercise of the party's functions by another person, or
b
exercise functions jointly with another person.
2
A collaboration agreement may include provision for payments to be made by the parties to the agreement for the purposes of facilitating that agreement.
3
A party to a collaboration agreement may do anything that is necessary or expedient for the purposes of facilitating the agreement.
4
Subsection (3) is subject to any restriction imposed on a party by, or by virtue of, an enactment or rule of law.
5
A collaboration agreement may not include provision for the delegation of a function where that function may not otherwise be delegated.
6
The delegation of a function pursuant to a collaboration agreement does not affect the responsibility of any party to the agreement for the exercise of its functions.
7
A collaboration agreement must make provision for a party to withdraw from the agreement where in the view of that party the agreement is no longer in the interests of its efficiency or effectiveness.
8
A collaboration agreement may be—
a
varied with the agreement of all of the parties to the agreement, or
b
replaced by a subsequent collaboration agreement.