Statutory Instrument 2004 No. 1984

The European Communities (Designation)(No. 4) Order 2004

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2004 No. 1984

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

The European Communities (Designation)(No. 4) Order 2004

	Made	27th July 2004
	Laid before Parliament	9th August 2004
	Coming into force	30th August 2004

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of July 2004
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. 4) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 30th August 2004.

(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; and

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

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

    (2) Where a Minister 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.

Designation of Northern Ireland departments
    3. - (1) For the purposes of section 2(2) of the Act, any Northern Ireland department is designated in relation to the matter specified in Schedule 2 to this Order.

    (2) Regulations made by any Northern Ireland department pursuant to this Order shall form part of the law of Northern Ireland only.

    (3) Where any Northern Ireland department 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.

A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1Article 2

DESIGNATION OF MINISTERS

(1)	(2)
Minister	Matter in relation to which Minister is designated
The Secretary of State	The right of artists to receive a payment on the sale of their works.
The Secretary of State	Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading.

SCHEDULE 2Article 3

MATTER IN RELATION TO WHICH ANY NORTHERN IRELAND DEPARTMENT IS DESIGNATED

Greenhouse gas emission allowance trading.

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.

Notes:

[1]1972 c. 68.back

ISBN0 11 049642 6

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