Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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:
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.
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
| (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 |
(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.