Commentary on Sections Part 1: Preliminary Section 3 Arrangements to promote co-ordination of functions in Northern Ireland inshore region
This section enables the Department to enter into arrangements with a ‘relevant public authority’ in order to promote the co-ordination of their functions.  The Department is required to keep any such arrangements under review, to publish details of any arrangements and to lay a report on their effectiveness in the Assembly within three years of Royal Assent.
Any arrangements would be made with the agreement of both parties and within the existing legislative arrangements - for example, those relating to the cross-border body, the Loughs Agency.