UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
1985 No. 749
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
The European Communities (Designation) Order 1985
Made 15th May 1985
Laid before Parliament 23th May 1985
Coming into Operation 14th June 1985
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of May 1985
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 1972, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
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Citation and commencementCitation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) Order 1985 and shall come into operation on 14th June 1985.
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Designation of Ministers or departmentsDesignation 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.
(3) Where both a Minister and one or more government departments are designated by this Order 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 shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
G.I. de Deney
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 |
Measures in respect of sound power level requirements for the marketing, placing into service and use of construction plant and equipment and equipment for cutting grass |
The Secretary of State |
Mergers and divisions involving public companies |
The Secretary of State |
Measures relating to the control of advertising |
Any Northern Ireland department |
The preceding items in this column |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order designates the Minister who and departments which may...
