Agency arrangements between UK and NI departments.

1 Arrangements may be made between— a any department of the Government of the United Kingdom or any public body, or holder of a public office, in the United Kingdom; and b any Northern Ireland department, for any functions of one of them to be discharged by, or by officers of, the other. 2 No such arrangements shall affect the responsibility of the person on whose behalf any functions are discharged. 3 In this section— a references to a department of the Government of the United Kingdom include references to any Minister of the Crown; and b references to a Northern Ireland department include references to a Minister.