The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2003

Statutory Instruments

2003 No. 1888

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2003

Made

17th July 2003

Laid before Parliament

29th July 2003

Coming into force

19th August 2003

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of July 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) 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. 3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 19th August 2003.

(2) In this Order—

“the Act” means the European Communities Act 1972,

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

Designation of Minister or Departments

2.—(1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, the Minister or government departments designated in relation to the matters specified in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order are designated in relation to the matters specified in column (2) of that Schedule.

(2) Where a Minister or government department is designated by this Order in relation to any matter, for which any other Minister or government department has been 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.

(3) Regulations made by a Northern Ireland department in pursuance of this Order, that are not made jointly with a Minister, shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.

A. K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

SCHEDULE DESIGNATIONS

(1)	(2)
Minister or Departments	Matters in relation to which Minister or Departments are designated
The Secretary of State	The governance of political parties at European level, including their funding
The Treasury	The provision of cash, securities and interests in securities as collateral
Any Northern Ireland department	Waste electrical and electronic equipment

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.

(1)

1972 c. 68.