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1976 No. 2141
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
The European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1976
Made
15th December 1976
Laid before Parliament
23rd December 1976
Coming into Operation
14th January 1977
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of December 1976
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, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-
Citation, interpretation and commencement
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No. 2) Order 1976 and shall come into operation on 14th January 1977.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
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 respectively 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 incidental to the matters specified in that item.
(3) Where more than one Minister or government department is 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 or the Head of such a 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.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council
SCHEDULE
| Column 1 | Column 2 |
|---|---|
| Ministers or departments | Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated |
| The Secretary of State | Authorisation of the carrying on of insurance business and regulation of such business and its conduct. |
| The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State | Materials and articles in contact with food or drink or intended for such contact. |
| Any Northern Ireland department or the head of any such department | Both the preceding items in this column. |
| The Secretary of State | Residence qualifications of itinerant traders. |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order designates Ministers who may exercise powers to make regulations conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and specifies the matters in relation to which those powers may be exercised.