s 17 Delegation
(1) Arrangements under section 14 may provide for assistance to be given, or other functions relating to assistance to be exercised, otherwise than by the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales. (2) Arrangements under section 14 which so provide may make provision for the functions concerned to be so exercised— (a) either wholly or to such extent as may be specified in the arrangements, and (b) either generally or in such cases or circumstances as may be so specified, but shall not prevent the functions concerned from being exercised by the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the National Assembly for Wales.