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2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act1972 the Ministers or government departments specified in column 1 ofthe Schedule to this Order are hereby designated in relation to thematters specified in column 2 of that Schedule.
(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated in relationto any item in column 2 of the said Schedule, then, for the purposes ofthe said section 2(2), that Minister or government department is alsohereby designated in relation to anything supplemental or incidental tothe matters specified in that item.
(3) Where more than one Minister or government department is designatedby this Order in relation to any matter, the designation has effect asrespects the making of regulations by any of them or by more than one ofthem acting jointly.
(4) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department in pursuance ofthis Order, that are not made jointly with any Minister, shall form partof the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the UnitedKingdom.