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1982 No. 847

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1982

Made

23rd June 1982

Laid before Parliament

1st July 1982

Coming into Operation

23rd July 1982

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of June 1982

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:—

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 23rd July 1982.

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.

(3) Where more than one Minister or government department is 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.

N.E. Leigh

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Column 1Column 2
Ministers or departmentsMatters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated
The Secretary of StateThe specification of insurers who may effect insurance required under or by virtue of any enactment.
The Secretary of StateThe regulation and control of the quality of water supplied by persons other than statutory water undertakers.
Any Northern Ireland departmentThe preceding items in this column.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and any one or more Secretaries of StateUnits of measurement to be used for economic, health, safety or administrative purposes in relation to ports and harbours and the prefixes to be used with such units.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates Ministers who and departments which may exercise powers to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972and specifies the matters in relation to which those powers may be exercised.

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