Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Made
24th November 1982
Laid before Parliament
2nd December 1982
Coming into Operation
24th December 1982
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of November 1982
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:-
1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Designation) (No.3) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 24th December 1982.
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 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
Column 1 | Column 2 |
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Ministers or departments | Matters in relation to which the Ministers or departments are designated |
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and any one or more Secretaries of State | The presentation, packaging, labelling, marking and advertising of food intended for sale for human consumption |
The Secretary of State | Measures to prevent discrimination between men and women as regards terms and conditions of employment |
Any Northern Ireland department | The preceding items in this column. |
This Order designates Ministers who and departments which 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.