Commentary on Sections Section 2 – Exercise of functions of the Corporate Officers
9.Section 2 requires that the Corporate Officers must exercise their functions jointly in relation to joint departments (subsection (1)). Any exercise by the Corporate Officers of their power to establish, divide, amalgamate or abolish a joint department, or to allocate to it such functions as would change the overall character of the services it provides, must be approved by the House of Commons Commission, and by the House of Lords on the recommendation of its House Committee or any successor committee (subsections (2) to (4)).