Commentary Part 2: Other Provisions Relating to Public Bodies Section 28: Shared services
74.Subsection (1) provides for the bodies listed in subsection (2) to make arrangements with any other person for the provision of administrative, professional and technical services for purposes relating to the exercise of public functions in or as regards England or Wales. These arrangements are subject to various consent requirements: under subsection (3) the Secretary of State must consent to arrangements involving a person exercising non-devolved functions and under subsection (7) Welsh Ministers must consent to arrangements involving a person exercising a Welsh devolved function. Subsections (4) and (8) provide that the Secretary of State and the Welsh Ministers may make provision by order as to how the function of making arrangements is to be exercised (including about charging of fees in relation to the arrangements). These order-making powers are also subject to consent requirements (see subsections (5) and (9)).