The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2005
| Year | 2005 |
2005 No. 1971
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2005
Made 19th July 2005
Laid before Parliament 29th July 2005
Coming into force 19th August 2005
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of July 2005
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721, and section 29(1) of the Government of Wales Act 19982, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
Citation, commencement, and interpretation
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 19th August 2005.
(2) In this Order—
“the Act” means the European Communities Act 1972,
“Minister or government department” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, but does not include a Northern Ireland Minister or Northern Ireland department, and
“regulations” means regulations made pursuant to section 2(2) of the Act.
Designation of Ministers or Departments
2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the Ministers or government departments specified in column (1) of Schedule 1 to this Order are designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of the Schedule.
(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any other Minister or government department has been designated by this or any other Order for the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any of them may make regulations and, if regulations are made by more than one, they may do so jointly.
Designation of Northern Ireland departments
3.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any Northern Ireland department is designated in relation to the matters specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.
(2) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department in pursuance of this Order, that are not made jointly with a Minister, shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
(3) Where any Northern Ireland department is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any Minister or government department is designated by this or any other Order for the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any of them may make regulations and, if regulations are made by more than one, they may do so jointly.
Designation of National Assembly for Wales
4.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the National Assembly for Wales is designated in relation to the matters specified in Schedule 3 to this Order.
(2) Regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales in pursuance of this Order, that are not made jointly with a Minister, shall apply in relation to Wales only, and not to any other part of the United Kingdom.
(3) Where the National Assembly for Wales is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any Minister or government department is designated by this or any other Order for the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any of them may make regulations and, if regulations are made by more than one, they may do so jointly.
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