S.I. No. 34/1985:

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1985 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1985.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1985 (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1985.

I, PETER BARRY, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the power conferred on me by section 2 (3) of the European Communities (Amendment) Act, 1985 (No. 1 of 1985), hereby order as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Amendment) Act, 1985 (Commencement) Order, 1985.

2. The 1st day of February, 1985, is hereby appointed as the date on which the European Communities (Amendment) Act, 1985 (No. 1 of 1985), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of January, 1985.

PETER BARRY,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to bring into operation the European Communities (Amendment) Act, 1985 (Commencement) Order, 1985. The purpose of that Act is to provide that the Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities, signed at Brussels on the 12th day of March, 1984, shall be part of the domestic law of the State.