Part 1: Environmental Governance Chapter 2: The Office for Environmental Protection Section 26: Memorandum of understanding
Subsection (1) of this section requires that the OEP and the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) must prepare a memorandum of understanding. As specified by subsection (2), this memorandum must set out how the two bodies will cooperate and avoid overlaps in the exercise of their functions.
	This section builds upon the provision at section 23(5), which requires the OEP to set out in its strategy how it will avoid overlap between the exercise of its functions and the exercise by the CCC of its functions. This provision will help to ensure a strong working relationship between the OEP and the CCC, whilst ensuring both bodies are able to effectively undertake their separate and important roles. They each have a statutory duty to prepare the memorandum, but these provisions allow them the discretion to set the terms of their relationship, and to adapt the memorandum as needed in the future.