The European Communities (Designation) Order 1994

Statutory Instruments

1994 No. 757

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) Order 1994

Made

15th March 1994

Laid before Parliament

25th March 1994

Coming into force

15th April 1994

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 1994

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(1), 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) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 15th April 1994.

Designation of Ministers or departments

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 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 related to the matters specified in that item.

(3) Where both a Minister and a government department are designated in relation to any matter, the designation has effect as respects the making of regulations by either of them or by both of them acting jointly.

Supersession of earlier designations

3.—(1) The designation which provides that the Secretary of State shall be designated in relation to maritime transport shall supersede the designation of the Secretary of State in relation to requirements concerning sea-going tankers entering or leaving UK ports in the European Communities (Designation) Order 1979(2).

(2) The designation which provides that the Secretary of State and the Treasury shall be designated in relation to measures relating to the interruption or reduction, in part or completely, of economic relations with one or more countries which are not Member States shall supersede the designations of the Secretary of State in relation to the following measures in the following orders:

(a) measures relating to trade affecting Iraq or Kuwait in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1990(3); and

(b) measures relating to claims made under or in connection with contracts or transactions the performance of which has been affected by measures decided upon pursuant to Resolution 661 (1990) of the United Nations Security Council and related resolutions, in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 1992(4).

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE

(1)	(2)
Ministers or Department	Matters in relation to which the Ministers or Department are designated.
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Measures relating to the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora(5)
The Secretary of State	Measures relating to maritime transport.
The Secretary of State	Measures relating to the approval of satellite earth station equipment.
The Secretary of State and the Treasury	Measures relating to the movement of capital and to payments, between Member States and between Member States and countries which are not Member States.
The Secretary of State and the Treasury	Measures relating to the interruption or reduction, in part or completely, of economic relations with one or more countries which are not Member States.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is a further Order in the series designating 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.

(1)

1972 c. 68.

(2)

S.I. 1979/1704.

(3)

S.I. 1990/2143.

(4)

S.I. 1992/2870.

(5)

The Secretary of State and any Northern Ireland Department were designated in relation to the same measures by S.I. 1992/2870.