Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 3155

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1996

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1996 No. 3155

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1996

Made	19th December 1996

Laid before Parliament

7th January 1997

Coming into force

28th January 1997

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1996

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 1972^[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

Citation and Commencement
    1.    This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 28 January 1997.

Designation of Ministers or departments
    2.—(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 both a Minister and one or more government departments are designated by this Order in relation to any matter, the designation 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 shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland and not of any other part of the United Kingdom.

N. H. Nicholls

Clerk of the Privy Council

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Notes:

[1] 1972 c. 68.

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