The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1981

Statutory Instruments

1981 No. 1536

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1981

Made

28th October 1981

Laid before Parliament

5th November 1981

Coming into Operation

27th November 1981

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of October 1981

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 U.K.

1.  This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1981 and shall come into operation on 27th November 1981.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at 27.11.1981, see art. 1

Designation of Ministers or departments U.K.

2.—(1) For the purpose 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.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in force at 27.11.1981, see art. 1

N. E. Leigh

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE U.K.

Commencement Information

I3 Sch. in force at 27.11.1981, see art. 1

Column 1	Column 2
Ministers or departments	Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated
The Secretary of State	The notification and control of substances.
The Secretary of State	Rights and obligations of employer and employee in the event of an employer's insolvency.
The Secretary of State	Licensing of drivers of motor vehicles.
Any Northern Ireland department	The preceding items in this column.
The Secretary of State	Pricing of iron and steel products.

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 1972 and specified the matters in relation to which those powers may be exercised.