(1)  Subject to subsection (3) , a State Policy may require a statutory authority or statutory office holder to undertake activities, perform functions and exercise powers specified in the State Policy.

(2)  A statutory authority that, or statutory office holder who, undertakes activities, performs functions or exercises powers specified in a State Policy pursuant to a requirement under subsection (1) must, in doing so, seek to promote the principles contained in the State Policy and to further the objectives set out in Schedule 1 .

(3)  A statutory authority or statutory office holder is not to be required to undertake activities, perform functions or exercise powers that are inconsistent with the statutory functions or powers of the statutory authority or statutory office holder.

(4)  In this section –

statutory authority means an incorporated or unincorporated body which is established, constituted or continued by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative, being a body which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another statutory authority;

statutory functions or powers , in relation to a statutory authority or statutory office holder, means the functions or powers conferred on the statutory authority or statutory office holder by an enactment;

statutory office holder means the holder of an office which is established by or under an enactment.