The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3)Order 1995

Statutory Instruments

1995 No. 2983

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3)Order 1995

Made

23rd November 1995

Laid before Parliament

24th November 1995

Coming into force

15th December 1995

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of November 1995

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) (No. 3) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 15th December 1995.

Designation of Ministers

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 the Ministers 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 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 is also hereby designated in relation to anything supplemental or related to the matters specified in that item.

(3) Where more than one Minister is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, the designation of those Ministers has effect as respects the making of regulations by any of them or by more than one of them acting jointly.

Revocation of earlier designation

3.  The designation of the Secretary of State in respect of the grant of compulsory licences under a patent where demand for the patented product in the United Kingdom is met by imports from other Member States of the Communities, in the European Communities (Designation) (No. 4) Order 1992(2), is hereby revoked.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE DESIGNATIONS

(1)	(2)
Ministers	Matters in relation to which the Ministers are designated
The Secretary of State	Measures relating to craft intended for recreational purposes.
The Secretary of State	Measures relating to articles made of, comprising or resembling precious metals.
The Secretary of State	Measures relating to patents and to trade marks.

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. It partly revokes an earlier Order in the series (S.I. 1992/2870).

(1)

1972 c. 68.

(2)

S.I. 1992/2870.