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Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Made
16th October 1991
Laid before Parliament
24th October 1991
Coming into force
15th November 1991
At the Court of Saint James, the 16th day of October 1991
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 25th day of September 1991 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 Andrew, Duke of York 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:
Textual Amendments
F1Order revoked in part (30.5.2007) by The European Communities (Designation) (No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1349), art. 1(1), Sch.
1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 15th November 1991.
Textual Amendments
F1Order revoked in part (30.5.2007) by The European Communities (Designation) (No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1349), art. 1(1), Sch.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 1 in force at 15.11.1991, see art. 1
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 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, that are not made jointly with any Minister, shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.
Textual Amendments
F1Order revoked in part (30.5.2007) by The European Communities (Designation) (No.2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1349), art. 1(1), Sch.
Commencement Information
I2Art. 2 in force at 15.11.1991, see art. 1
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
Article 2 (1) (2)
Commencement Information
I3Sch. in force at 15.11.1991, see art. 1
(1) Ministers or departments | (2) Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated |
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The Secretary of State | Measures relating to active implantable medical devices. |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to basic safety standards for health protection of the general public and workers against the dangers of ionising radiation. |
The Chancellor of the Exchequer | Measures relating to confidentiality of statistical information transmitted to the Statistical Office of the European Communities. |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to informing the public about health protection measures to be taken in the event of a radiological emergency. |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to single member private companies limited by shares or by guarantee. |
The Secretary of State | Measures relating to the transit of natural gas between highpressure transmission grids. |
The Secretary of State | The regulation and control of trade in, and production of, chlorofluorocarbons, fully halogenated chlorofluorocarbons, halons, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,1-trichloroethane, whether existing alone or in a mixture. |
Any Northern Ireland Department | The preceding items in this column.] |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This is a further Order in the series 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 those powers may be exercised.
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