European Communities (Designation) Order 1993

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1993/595
Year1993

1993 No. 595

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) Order 1993

Made 10th March 1993

Laid before Parliament 22th March 1993

Coming into force 12th April 1993

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of March 1993

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 19721, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to 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) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 12th April 1993.

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 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 related to the matters specified in that item.

(3) Where both a Minister and one or more government departments are designated in relation to any matter, the designation has effect as respects the making of regulations by any of them or by more than one of them acting jointly.

(4) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department in pursuance of this Order, that are not made jointly with any Minister, shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Article 2

SCHEDULE

(1)

(2)

Ministers or departments

Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated

The Secretary of State

Measures relating to the protection of animals used for experimental and other scientific purposes.

The Secretary of State

Measures relating to batteries and accumulators containing dangerous substances.

Any Northern Ireland department

The preceding items in this column.

The Secretary of State

Measures relating to copyright (other than those relating to the protection by copyright of computer programs2) and to rights in performances.

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