http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1759/article/8/made

The European Communities (Designation) Order 2012

European Union

Legislation

Capital and financial markets

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King's Printer of Acts of Parliament

2013-01-07

EUROPEAN UNION

In England, Wales and Northern Ireland, only “designated” Ministers and departments can exercise the powers in section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68) to make orders, rules, regulations and schemes. This is one of a series of Orders by which Ministers and departments are designated for the purposes of section 2(2) in relation to different subject areas.