European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1983

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1983/1706

1983 No. 1706

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1983

Made 18th November 1983

Laid before Parliament 28th November 1983

Coming into Operation 19th December 1983

At the Court of Saint James, the 18th day of November 1983

Present,

The Counsellors of State In Council

Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 3rd day of November 1983, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, being authorized thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred on Her Majesty by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 19th December 1983.

S-2 Designation of Ministers or departments

Designation of Ministers or departments

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Ministers or government departments specified in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order are hereby designated in relation to the matters respectively specified in column 2 of that Schedule.

(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated in relation to any item in column 2 of the said Schedule, then, for the purposes of the said section 2(2), that Minister or government department is also hereby designated in relation to anything supplemental or incidental to the matters specified in that item.

N.E. Leigh

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

Column 1

Column 2

Ministers or departments

Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated

The Secretary of State

The control of the import and export of goods.

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise

The exemption of certain vehicles from car tax otherwise chargeable on their importation...

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