The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1999

Made21st July 1999

Laid before Parliament29th July 1999

Coming into force19th August 1999

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of July 1999

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 19721, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 19th August 1999.

Designation of Ministers or departments2

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 related 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 of those Ministers or government departments 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.

A.K. GallowayClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULEDESIGNATION

Article 2

(1)	(2)
Ministers or Departments	Matters in relation to which Ministers or Departments are designated
The Secretary of State	Measures relating to employers' obligations in respect of the health and safety of workers
The Secretary of State and the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food	Measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields for the protection of public health
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 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.