Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Made
26th June 1990
Laid before Parliament
4th July 1990
Coming into force
25th July 1990
At the Court of Saint James, the 26th day of June 1990
Present,
The Counsellors of State in Council
Whereas Her Majesty, in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 15th day of June 1990, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty’s absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty’s behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty’s approval for anything for which Her Majesty’s approval in Council is required:
Now, therefore, His Royal Highness The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and His Royal Highness The Prince Edward, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred on Her Majesty by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1), and by and with the advice of Her Majesty’s Privy Council, do on Her Majesty’s behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 25th July 1990.
2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Ministers or government department 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.
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Ministers or departments | Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to safety as regards personal protective equipment. |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the notifications to be made and the information to be published when a major holding in a company whose securities are listed on a stock exchange is acquired or disposed of. |
| The Secretary of State, The Treasury and the Building Societies Commission | Measures relating to credit and financial institutions and to the taking of deposits or other repayable funds from the public. |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the publication of documents, particulars and other items relating to a branch opened by a company governed by the law of another Member State or of a State which is not a member of the European Economic Community. |
| The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and any one or more Secretaries of State | Measures for improving the processing and marketing of forestry products. |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the prevention, reduction and elimination of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry. |
| Any Northern Ireland department | The preceding items in this column. |
| The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the control of concentrations between undertakings. |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This is a further Order in the series of Orders designating the Ministers who, and departments which, may exercise powers to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and specifying the matters in relation to which these powers may be exercised.