3(1)Section 25 (advice, assistance and training facilities) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)The MMO must, at the request of the Secretary of State, provide advice to any person (including a person outside the United Kingdom) on any international marine matter that is within its knowledge or experience.”
(3)After subsection (4) insert—
“(5)The MMO must, at the request of the Secretary of State, provide any person outside the United Kingdom with—
(a)assistance, or
(b)the use of training facilities,
as respects any matter of which the MMO has knowledge or experience.
(6)For the purposes of this section a matter is an “international marine matter” if—
(a)it relates to an area outside the UK marine area, and
(b)the MMO has power under subsection (3)(a) (on request) to provide advice on a corresponding matter that relates to the UK marine area or an area within it.
(7)References in this section to the functions of the MMO are to functions exercisable by or on behalf of the MMO (including functions that the MMO performs under an agreement under section 14, and functions that any other body performs under an agreement under section 15).”