The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1246

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2003

Made

8th May 2003

Laid before Parliament

9th May 2003

Coming into force

30th May 2003

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of May 2003

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(1) and section 29(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998(2) is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 30th May 2003.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the European Communities Act 1972,

“Minister or government department” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, but does not include a Northern Ireland Minister or Northern Ireland department,

“regulations” means regulations made pursuant to section 2(2) of the Act.

Designation of the National Assembly for Wales

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the National Assembly for Wales is designated in relation to the matters specified in the Schedule to this Order.

(2) Regulations made by the National Assembly for Wales pursuant to this Order shall apply in relation to Wales only.

(3) Where the National Assembly for Wales is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any Minister or government department is designated by this or any other Order for the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any of them may make regulations and, if regulations are made by more than one, they may do so jointly.

Revocation of designation

3.  The European Communities (Designation) Order 2003(3) is revoked.

A.K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE Matters in relation to which the National Assembly for Wales is designated

Measures in the veterinary field for the protection of public health.

The designation and review of sensitive and less sensitive areas in respect of the collection, treatment and discharge of urban waste water and the treatment and discharge of waste water from certain industrial sectors.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This is a further Order in the series designating authorities which may exercise the power to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and specifying the matters in relation to which that power may be exercised. The Order also revokes and replaces an earlier designation.

(1)

1972 c. 68.

(2)

1998 c. 38.

(3)

S.I. 2003/432.